15 Facts We Are Better People For Learning

Who’s “not the sharpest bulb in the drawer” NOW, mom??

Facts are fun, facts are friends, here’s some facts to… uh, something that rhymes with friends.

For 8 days, a 6-year-old girl was a bonafide Australian Navy enlistee – well, the mascot of the HMAS Sydney, anyway. Either way, it’s a good thing she didn’t have protective, “curling” parents (possibly called “Kangaroo Parents” in Australia?) or the waters of Carnarvon Bay may not have been under her protection for that very special week. She also would probably not have suffered that snake bite in the first place, but who’s counting. 

For you knuckleheads out there (that’s what grandpa Cracked called those of the cannabis imbibing persuasion), get this – trace amounts of THC can be found in your semen! Yuck. And ooooh. And, uh oh, what does this mean for drug testing going forward? Onanism with someone patiently waiting on the other side of the door? No thanks!

These and more, just read on!

Almonds and peaches are genetically similar enough to fertilize each other.

Source: Phys Org 

THC can be the semen of heavy users.

Source: Pubmed 

An Olympic cyclist is now homeless after being famous in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Source: Seattle Times 

Migraines are more common in women.

Source: NPR 

Astronomers

Source: PBS 

Theaters in the Victorian period burned down -- a lot.

Source: Theatre Trust 

A Texas town tried to make “Heaven-o” a thing.

Source: Minnesota Daily 

A 6-year-old served in the Australian Navy.

Source: Navy Australia 

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