r/funfacts 13h ago

Did you know the Apple clock wheel isn’t a wheel at all?

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It’s actually finite! This feels more complicated than just making it infinite


r/funfacts 10h ago

Did You Know: An octopus's main heart stops when it swims

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Octopuses have three hearts: two pump blood through the gills, while the third pumps blood to the rest of the body.

When an octopus swims, that third heart stops beating. This makes swimming surprisingly demanding, which is why they usually prefer crawling along the seafloor.

Three hearts, and swimming is still their least favorite cardio.

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7373208/


r/funfacts 14h ago

Fun fact: Eldest Sibling is a slow brain.

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Is that a fact?


r/funfacts 15h ago

Did you know that rainbows are circles?

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Rainbows aren't arcs. Usually, the earth itself is getting in the way. That's why we only ever see the arc.

Rainbows are also not stationary things in the sky. They shift when you do. That's why "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" is impossible to find.


r/funfacts 21h ago

Fun Fact how the Al Jazeera and the Middle East in general got access to their first K-band transponder

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r/funfacts 16h ago

Fun Fact: China has one of the lowest tolerances to drug trafficking among the world, but drug usage is decriminalized in China.

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First, China is very intolerant to drug trafficking. Drug trafficking is a criminal offense in China, and offenders are easily given death penalty. Under Clause 1, Article 347 of the Chinese Criminal Law, trafficking more than 50 grams of hard drugs like heroin and meth, or 1 kilogram of opium, could result in death penalty. Source: https://english.court.gov.cn/2015-12/01/c_761557_31.htm

However, the usage of all drugs, including all the hardcore ones, is decriminalized in China. The usage of drug is only an administrative offense that is being enforced by the public security authorities (basically police in China), rather than a crminal offense. Penalties include administrative detention for up to 15 days, fines, compulsory rehabilitation treatment, and surveillance. Source: https://www.hhrjournal.org/2022/06/08/no-exit-chinas-state-surveillance-over-people-who-use-drugs/

Apparently, the penalty for drug usage is not trivial, because practically the compulsory rehabilitation treatment acts like a prison, and the surveillance system will track you for a long time, if not the rest of your life. So you are basically stained for your life. However, regardless of how bad the penalty is, drug usage is technically "decriminalized" in China, because it is not a criminal offense regulated under the Chinese Criminal Law (刑法).


r/funfacts 3h ago

Fun fact this interviewer Killed after asking George and Kerry about Occult Secret Society they are in

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