People On Twitter Are Sharing Facts That Sound Fake But Are Actually 100% True
When Twitter user @EricMGarcia asked their followers to share their favorite surprising facts the responses were eye-opening and gasp-inducing. Here are some of our favorites, be sure to give these folks a follow.
1. Unsinkable
The Titanic had two sister ships: The Oceanic and the Brittanic. The Oceanic collided with another ship in NY Harbor. The Brittanic was a floating hospital in WWI and hit an underwater mine and sunk. Violet Jessop was a White Star employee on all three accidents. https://t.co/l1OTLB1WBS pic.twitter.com/sDTMOEbHSv
— CarriageReturn (@return_carriage) March 21, 20222. Faxing Mr. Lincoln
I've always enjoyed "there's a 22 year window where a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln" https://t.co/w9jWk63ioj
— ً (@selinaposting) March 22, 20223. Mammoth Fact
there was still a living population of woolly mammoths when the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza https://t.co/Y41A2sNazk
— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) March 21, 20224. The Singular Red Panda
Red pandas are neither bears nor marsupials. They are red pandas.
— Paul R (@lbcyber) March 21, 2022
There is no other extant animal in its family. Just red pandas. https://t.co/427owjq6fP5. Don't Bogart That Pufferfish
Dolphins squeeze pufferfish to get high. https://t.co/LvSzH3svIP
— Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@roxiqt) March 21, 20226. Try It Yourself
The scientist who discovered most ulcers and some stomach cancers were caused by a bacteria infection was considered a quack for believing this so he drank infected broth, gave himself ulcers, and treated it to prove a point https://t.co/xEuvZa9FIS
— Actually_Tina_at_Fortemp_Manor_indefinitely_FFXIV (@Actually_Tina) March 22, 2022