Science Facts That Sound Like Nonsense
The internet is full of lies -- but these are incredibly true.
![Science Facts That Sound Like Nonsense](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/5/743505_320x180.jpg?v=2)
You can't trust what you read on the net. No, vaccines aren't made from puppies. No, coroners aren't called that because they'll give you the corona. No, the hot singles in your area are all busy creating content for Cracked and have no time to meet you, sorry.
Now, these we've collected here are the opposite -- they seem to be bullcrap, but they're all backed by science. Nothing but the unvarnished truth here. (OK, we might have varnished a couple a liiitle bit, but you won't find any lies.)
![Killer whales can learn dolphin language. Orcas who spend time with bottlenose dolphins use more clicks and whistles, and their language becomes a m](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/8/743508.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDcO whiptail lizards are all female. Aspidoscelis, a genus of New Mexico lizards, has no males. They reproduce through natural cloning. Their or](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/8/743518.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED Tea can climb back to the kettle as you brew it. Tiny tea particles can climb short distances from the cup to the kettle. Researchers have fou](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/1/0/743610.jpg?v=2)
![lO, a moon of Jupiter, has tides of rock. lo has no oceans- but that doesn't mean it has no tides. The gravity of Jupiter and the other moons causes t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/0/9/743609.jpg?v=2)
![The barreleye can look through its own head. The top of this deep-water fish's head is see-through. The fish can rotate its eyes and look at the world](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/9/743519.jpg?v=2)
![A planet exists made of burning ice. Gliese 436 b, about 30 light-years from us, is made mostly of ice that would burn you to a crisp if you touched i](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/1/2/743612.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED chitons have teeth made of metal. Chitons, that are found in the Gulf of Mexico, are the Wolverine of mollusks. Their teeth are made of a meta](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/0/743520.jpg?v=2)
![Lobsters don't age. While not exactly immortal, lobsters don't become weaker or stop breeding with age. They just keep growing bigger and bigger, unti](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/7/743517.jpg?v=2)
![some birds password- protect their children. Brown-headed cowbirds have their chicks raised by different species of birds than their own. Adult cowbir](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/5/743515.jpg?v=2)
![There are way more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy. A 2015 survey found that three trillion trees grow on Earth, 7 times the previous estimate](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/0/743510.jpg?v=2)
![Polar bears are nearly invisible to infrared cameras. The bear's fur is SO good at keeping the bear warm, that almost no heat escapes that can be pick](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/1/1/743611.jpg?v=2)
![Each arm of an octopus has its own brain. Octopuses have more nerve cells in their arms than in their heads. Each arm can move, touch, and taste by it](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/3/743513.jpg?v=2)
![Hailstones in Jupiter and saturn are diamonds. Thunderstorms turn atmospheric methane into pure carbon soot. As the soot falls and the pressure increa](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/9/743509.jpg?v=2)
![crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to lizards. Crocodiles, alligators, and birds are the last surviving archosaurs (a group that includ](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/2/743512.jpg?v=2)
![Twins can have different fathers. On rare occasions, two eggs are released during the same ovulation cycle, which can be fertilized by different fathe](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/7/743507.jpg?v=2)
![A small Australian mammal dies from terminal horniness. The antechinus breeds only once in its lifetime. For a couple weeks, the male goes into such a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/6/743516.jpg?v=2)