1. In a year, the average human consumes so much microplastic, it's about the equivalent of the amount of plastic in a fireman's helmet.
2. Chucky from Child's Play is based on a real doll that is said to be cursed and cause violent mishaps.
3. Madame Tussaud (of wax museum fame) honed her wax-sculpting skills by casting freshly-guillotined heads of French aristocrats during the French Revolution.
4. In April 2022, the 50,000th spider species was discovered, and scientists don't think that's it.
5. Chainsaws were originally created for childbirth, before C-sections were a thing.
6. On average, humans spit enough over their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
7. A chicken named Mike lived with his head cut off for 18 months.
8. Mosquitoes don't use one needle to suck your blood. It's actually six micro-needles.
9. Facebook created two AI chatbots to talk to each other, which were eventually shut down after they created a language that only they understood.
10. Ducklings are prone to cannibalism. Scientists don't know why some have this behavior, but tie it to boredom.
11. A study from Harvard showed that being lonely has the same risk of heart disease as smoking does.
12. Snails have thousands of teeth.
13. There's a museum in Italy with scrolls they claimed to be signed by people in purgatory trying to signal the living.
14. You can rupture your throat from holding in a sneeze.
15. Alien hand syndrome is a phenomenon in which someone can't control one hand, and it seems to act like it has a mind of its own.
16. Butterflies drink blood.
17. Finally, 56% of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying.
