There’s a flower that smells like chocolate! Native to Mexico, this dark red flower is not edible. It is called “cosmos atrosanguineus” or “chocolate cosmos.” Archie Comics, who publish two different Sonic comics, released a comic that mentions that Sonic’s middle name is Maurice but never mentioned his first name.

Your nose is always visible to you. Your mind ignores it through a process called Unconscious Selective Attention. There are twice as many pyramids in Sudan then there are in Egypt.College of the Ozarks doesn’t charge tuition. Instead, students work on campus at least 15 hours a week and have two 40-hour workweeks. So, whether it’s strange storms, maritime mysteries, playful primates, dino discoveries or extraordinary exoplanets, you won’t be able to tear yourself away from this fascinating 2023 annual.

Two PlayStation 1 games, FIFA 2001 and Gran Turismo 2, have scratch & sniff discs. The FIFA 2001 smelled like a soccer field, while Gran Turismo 2 smelled like car tires. Mexico’s presidential palace is 14 times larger than the White House and started allowing visitors for the first time in 2018. My thanks to Collins Reference and NetGalley for the DRC of “Weird but true! 2023”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.Entertain the whole family this year with the perfect gift for kids – the 2023 children’s annual loaded with all-new jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts. Marmite was one of the most confiscated items at airports from the U.K. – to overcome this issue, Marmite made smaller ones for traveling. The term “brah” is Hawaiian pidgin, short for brahdah (brother), and was popularized by surf culture. The small indents in the bottom of frozen pizzas are there to prevent air bubbles from forming inside the dough. The term “footage” comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of filmmaking. With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

So how did so many pyramids end up down in Sudan? From 3,000 BC, Egypt’s armies were sent south to conquer whoever they found, reaching as far as modern-day Sudan. One of the most surprising facts about Friends is that it wasn’t filmed in Manhattan, where it’s set, but at the Warner Brothers Ranch just outside of Los Angeles. The world record for the longest human chain (holding hands) is 652.4 miles, and it consisted of 5 million people in Bangladesh as part of a campaign. Boeing uses potatoes to test their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they reflect and absorb the signals similarly to people. The project is called Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution- or SPUDS. When most people think of pyramids, they instantly think of Egypt, but this couldn’t be more wrong!

The name for the shape of Pringles is called a “Hyperbolic Paraboloid.” There is a McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica. Weird but true!’ solves these issues by taking the best of both worlds. The text is present in minimal words, keeping the focus firmly on the trivia itself instead of detailed explanations. The book also contains actual photographic evidence for almost every single fact and trivia it contains. This makes the book fun as well as easy-going. I'm a ghost hunter and brought home a 'haunted doll' — strange things keep happening October 26, 2023 | 1:58pm