What’s the most ridiculous fact you know?

1. Female kangaroos have three vaginas
   — archetech


2. The entire reason General Charles Lee was captured by the British Army during the revolutionary war was because he got pissed at Washington's orders and decided to leave the column with some of his men, ride to the nearest tavern, get completely wasted and bang a few hookers. He woke up the next morning hungover, stumbled downstairs, and found tory officers waiting to arrest him.
   — notasugarbabybutok


3. Elephants can control their dick like a second trunk
   — mbosn13






4. George Washington didn't know about dinosaurs. He died before dinosaurs were discovered.
   — wabashtosh


5. The snow that they used in "The Wizard of Oz" was pure asbestos.
   — devdeh13


6. The crew of Apollo 10 set the speed record for fastest a human has ever gone. Right before they re-entered the atmosphere they were traveling 6 miles per SECOND. That's like going from the summit of Everest to sea level in slightly less than a second.
   — UninebriatedSurgeon






7. The fastest hockey player to reach 1000 points was Wayne Gretzky, he did it in 424 games. The second fastest player to 1000 points was Wayne Gretzky in his next 433 games.
   — forshig


8. Busta Rhymes was the voice of Reptar in the Rugrats Movie
   — OhGodAmIANiceGuy


9. Fruit flies have 2 penises, one for urination and one for insemination. They also have the largest sperm in the world, at 5.8cm long the sperm cell is about 20 times as long as the fruit fly itself and actually has to wrap around the males body to be stored properly.
   — MelianErios






10. In some anglerfish taxa, male fish fuse their mouths to the body of females, becoming dependent on the female circulation for nutrition in return for sperm. They are essentially spunky sea vampires.
    — anyoneseenthepoint


11. There is more fresh water contained in Loch Ness than in all rivers and lakes in England and Wales combined.
    — JiveDino1


12. Trees have such intricate root systems that a tree low on one particular type of nutrient will acquire some from his neighbors and make up for it later. This is especially prevalent during the winter months when some trees don't have leaves and so need extra help from their evergreen friends.
    — mloma






13. Our moon is larger than Pluto.
    — judo_aim


14. Most Muppets are left-handed. (Because most Muppeteers are right-handed, so they operate the head with their favoured hand.)
    — KarmaBarmaid