Facts That Sound Fake But Are Actually True
"A lot of things on the Internet seem true, but if you look a little more closely, they turn out to be absolute garbage"
- Aristotle
We've all fallen for it: you read something absolutely fascinating on Facebook or Twitter, and instantly feel the need to share it with the world.
Can you believe that elephants get the same reaction from looking at humans as we do from looking at puppies? They think we're cute! That's so fun...
Well, much like that popular tidbit, sometimes those fun facts turn out to be wildly exaggerated. Or worse, totally made up.
So in this era of misinformation, we took it upon ourselves here at Factinate to uncover some trivia that is exactly the opposite: facts that sound fake but turn out to be actually true.
We hope you enjoy the list.
Fake but true Facts
41. (N)Ice-Land
1 out of every 10 Icelanders will publish a book in their lifetime.
Turns out, the tiny island nation is just an absolute haven for authors. There's even a common saying in Icelandic to describe this phenomenon: "ad ganga med bok I maganum", meaning that everyone is born with a book in their stomach.
40. Writanic
In 1898, an American writer named Morgan Robertson wrote a mildly popular novel called the Wreck of the Titan.
The book centered around the sinking of a massive ship called the Titan, and the ensuing disaster stemming from a lack of lifeboats onboard?
Sound familiar?
You'd think that Robertson simply ripped off the story of the Titanic to create his dramatic story... but that's where things get really weird: the Titanic didn't sink until 1912... 14 years after Robertson published his story.
The similarities are insane. The name, the size of the ships... even the fact that Robertson's boat apparently sank in April (the same month as the Titanic) after colliding with an iceberg.
You heard it here first: Morgan Robertson was almost certainly a time-traveler.
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39. Waka Waka
If you put your finger in your ear and scratch, it sounds exactly like the pac-man sound effect. We know you're going to try it.
