Check Out The Top 10 Weird Facts That'll Blow Your Mind

The world is a very big place. Full of many things to discover and to dazzle us. While we explore the world and learn more about it, we realize that it really is full of surprises. With many little details that are incredible about us, our planet and our other earthlings.

Besides collecting all this very interesting information. It all has to be published and transmitted in one way or another. This is something that the world has done for centuries. Through books, documentaries and so on. Nowadays we have the internet that does this in an awesome and effective way. So to use the internet correctly and make you a bit wiser we are going to leave you with 10 random and awesome facts about things going around the world.

10. Flamingo pink.

The reason behinds flamingoes’ epic pink tone is due to their crustacean and algae diet. Since the shrimps and prawns that they constantly eat contain a very strong pigment called “carotenoids.”

The liver of the flamingoes break down the carotenoids into pink and orange molecules. That then gets deposited in their feathers and legs. So if you want to get pink you know what to do.

9.The Boneyard.

There is a place in Arizona called “The Boneyard,” that’s like a cemetery of military planes. As it is the final resting place of more than 3.000 military aircraft. Including planes from many years, some even up to 60-year-olds.

The use of “The Boneyard,” besides being a bit creepy, is to harvest some spare parts and then reuse them over time.

8.Eternal summer.

Summer in the planet Uranus lasts 42 years long. It seems like the perfect fact for pop songs, those who never want to grow up and millennials. But those 42 years of summer are then followed by 42 more years of winter.

As Uranus’ tilt is different to Earth’s. Since it’s more directed towards its side than to its poles. Creating this seasonal phenomenon. Also, this means Uranus only has this two seasons.

7.Cheesy mouse.

A recent research by the Manchester Metropolitan University reveals that mice don’t like cheese that much. Since they rather stick to their natural, and way more healthy diet of grains and fruits.

The reason we all believe this is due to the image shown by cartoons mainly and then by pop culture. It seems some things we thought we knew for sure are a lie. Since this also happens with cats and milk.

6.Black is the color of speed.

The reason behind all tires are black, and not another color, is because of a chemical called “Carbon Black.” This chemical is fundamental to the production of tires. Since it protects them from ozone and UV damage.

This prolongs dramatically the life of any tire. So that is why all the companies that produce them use it and produce black tires.

5.Exercising the brain.

A recent study from the Journal of Current Biology revealed that those who exercise four hours after learning something new have a better retentive. This in counterpart of those who don’t or exercise immediately.

This is so effective that the new information is remembered better even two days later. So you know that you can actually be the complete package now, of brains and body.

4.Dressed to kill.

On July 13th of 1955, a woman and nightclub owner called Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed by a death penalty in U.K. Since she was hanged for the murder of her boyfriend.

It wasn’t until 1965 that the death penalty was abolished from all the countries that form Great Britain.

3.Dating a guinea pig.

There are matchmaking companies that found couples to guinea pigs in New Zeland. Since in New Zeland, it’s illegal to own only one guinea pig. As they’re extremely social animals and really need company.

All of this is a product of an important and sweeping animals rights law that were introduced in the country back in 2008.

2.Ilegal cat.

For anyone that has a cat or knows a bit of them will know that declawing them is bad for the kittens. But in order to inform those who don’t know it has been written in the law of many countries in Europe. As it is illegal to declaw them.

This is such a big thing that even in Israel if you declaw your cat you can be sentenced to one year in jail and be fined with $20.000. All of it because the harm it does to the felines. As their claws are like the tip of their fingers for us.

1.Lego Bridge.

Legos are an incredible toy. We all have played with them. As we imagine to built some of the most amazing and simple things with them. But a German street artist called Megz took it to a whole new level back in 2012.

As he turned a boring bridge in Wuppertal, Germany into a Lego on. How? By painting. As it took 4 weeks for him to paint the whole bridge and gave it the perspective that makes look the bridge like something you will find in your playground.