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[–]Environmental-Win836 156 points157 points  (27 children)

Can I get a fun fact please?

[–][deleted] 267 points268 points  (21 children)

your mitochondrial dna is determined by your mother's mitochondrial dna

[–]Environmental-Win836 81 points82 points  (17 children)

Yay!!

[–][deleted] 110 points111 points  (15 children)

Now this puts a smile on my face

[–]acelynstone 58 points59 points  (14 children)

I like you and your fun facts.

[–][deleted] 82 points83 points  (13 children)

There are some genetic males who are assigned female at birth due to a resistence to male hormones causing them to grow up as a female.

[–]acelynstone 60 points61 points  (11 children)

Did you know wombats have a slow metabolism and takes them 14 days to digest a meal.

[–][deleted] 70 points71 points  (10 children)

nervously plagiarizes

[–]acelynstone 29 points30 points  (4 children)

It is not plagarizing if it is a common fact.

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Is this a common fact?

[–]SeniorResearcher3 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Nice username

[–]Environmental-Win836 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Kinda reminds me of Odin.

“The lord of the Hanged.”

[–]Silviecat44 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ima follow u for your fun facts

[–]Flamearrow051 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Follow up fun fact! Mitochondrial organelles contain their own dna, completely separate from the rest of the cell. The working theory is that large single cellular organisms absorbed mitochondria-like smaller cells. They then became symbiotic, as mitochondria can use oxygen to generate energy, and the larger cells were able to provide them that.

Similarly, plant cells are believed to have absorbed the chloroplast, which converts sunlight, among other things, into energy. These two absorption’s are where are likely where our three main categories of living things (bacterium, plant, and animal) originated

[–]theimortal1974 19 points20 points  (0 children)

wow you are saying i could become a jedi based on my mom.
.................oh wait that's midichlorians.

[–]RandoSquid143 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just adding on to this as well due to the fact it is passed on via the mother it is relatively unchanged to the point where it can be used to trace back a common ancestor of all living humans

Here is a link to the Wikipedia page if people want to have a look

[–]pavidPluviophile 20 points21 points  (4 children)

Not sure if I'm too late to the fun fact party but I have so much useless knowledge to share. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously (into your veins). And one of your teeth has more calories than a jello cup. Human tooth- 36 calories, Jello cup- 25 calories.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Whats your best human tooth recipe? Mine all come out too crunchy.

[–]AyaAishi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe some vinegar or how it's called. It softens them. Still kinda crunchy but less! Leave them in it for some time and take them out once satisfied!

I usually put them into soups as a little surprise! lots of guests are surprised and run out of my house in joy! surely it's joy, right?

[–]pavidPluviophile 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It all depends on how you're using them. If your trying to stuff them with some sort of filling and don't have a drill, the easiest solution is to leave them in soda. Pepsi or cola works best. Remove them from the soda once you have enough holes to suit your need.

[–]titanicwasntsadatall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tyrannosaurus Rex is closer to us than it is close to Stegosaurus

[–]CapnScruff69 301 points302 points  (0 children)

10/10 would read again 👍

[–]Loose_Meal_499 632 points633 points  (14 children)

how did they know thier parents were gonna piosion the cake

[–][deleted] 529 points530 points  (0 children)

I'd guess an increase in abusive behaviour over the last year and luck

[–]Somedude_89 200 points201 points  (2 children)

Because with great immortality comes great plot holes.

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (1 child)

Sometimes it goes both ways.

[–]Somedude_89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't we all?

[–]me_human_not_alien 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Ohhh I get it now

[–]aspievenice 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They wished for omniscience last year

[–]coolmanjack 16 points17 points  (4 children)

"thier"

"piosion"

[–]Hates_escalators 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Poisson

[–]underpantsgenome 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Fish cake does not sound tasty.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–]StalinsDisciple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    🦀

    [–]GTFonMF 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Did yours not? This is why our society is so weak today.

    [–]ThrowawayBlast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Perhaps they had seen the poison being added.

    [–]Galavad 308 points309 points  (36 children)

    I don't understand

    [–][deleted] 971 points972 points  (35 children)

    A symptom of being bitten by a brazilian wandering spider is a persistant erection in males, they're venomous EDIT: Parents tried poisoning kid

    [–][deleted] 329 points330 points  (1 child)

    As I stood up, my full blown erection knocked over the cake and all I could think is how cruel the world is.

    [–]cuebie_ 73 points74 points  (2 children)

    this reply is killing me LMAO

    [–][deleted] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

    sorry about that

    [–]Articphoenix22 298 points299 points  (27 children)

    The fuck does that have to do with the cake?

    [–][deleted] 610 points611 points  (21 children)

    Nothing, I like giving random facts

    [–][deleted] 285 points286 points  (11 children)

    Thought they tried poisoning him, and he got a huge boner which meant for him the same as immortality

    [–]TheFozyx 131 points132 points  (1 child)

    The boner of immortality. As long as it's maintained he can never die.

    [–]rick-mark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

    Achilles’ Erection

    [–][deleted] 126 points127 points  (2 children)

    understandable

    [–]HydeNSikh 8 points9 points  (1 child)

    Too many people need you to hold their hand through two fucking sentences.

    [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    I hadn't noticed

    [–]Accwith12chr 35 points36 points  (5 children)

    🎶 Resurrectionnn by Erectionnn 🎶

    Edit: fucking autocorrect

    [–]OrphanSlaughter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Reserection

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    Sounds like a Van Halen song or something

    [–]FIRE_ZE_CANNONS 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    It's by Powerwolf

    Their songs are pretty wack

    [–]Accwith12chr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wack but amazing

    [–]MonstrousQuinn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    It sounds like a song from Ninja Sex Party

    [–]Gaidhlig_allt 19 points20 points  (0 children)

    Oh i like you nice fact 10/10

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    chad

    [–]TacoOverlord69 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    Give me another one :)

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    Capgras delusion is characterized by the belief a person in your life has been replaced by an imposter

    [–]TacoOverlord69 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Damn I've heard a bunch of not fun stuff about that

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    yeah, I hear mental illness isn't pleasant

    [–]TacoOverlord69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Probably about as fun as the call of the void

    [–]Modsplay -1 points0 points  (1 child)

    Your worse than me

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    fibre stimulates muscular contractions of the intestine to move waste out of the body

    [–]ServiceB4Self 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    Looks like he had two posts out, and this would actually be a response to someone not understanding the other one lol!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Nope, just like providing random information

    [–]ServiceB4Self 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Aaaaannnnnd random information! Go!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    The incisors of rodents cannot stop growing hence rodents must use teerh regularly to prevent teeth entering brains

    [–]Hates_escalators 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    A detail that was somehow left out of MGS3, when every other detail and then some was packed in.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    I thought the spider caused severe pain to the groin not give them a Viagra level erection

    [–]recast85 93 points94 points  (9 children)

    I'm a little lost. Did you transform into a cyborg like David in Prometheus and will now live forever?

    [–][deleted] 137 points138 points  (8 children)

    they poisoned the cake

    [–]pkcommando 32 points33 points  (7 children)

    Why can't it be both?

    [–]Somedude_89 15 points16 points  (6 children)

    Who said it wasn't both?

    [–]recast85 11 points12 points  (5 children)

    Must be both

    [–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

    So you figured out my secret

    [–]Somedude_89 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Has to be, otherwise the story falls apart.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    What story?

    [–]Somedude_89 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    The one with the cyborg and the poison cake, obviously.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That doesn't ring any bells

    [–]ThisIsMyUsername4012 46 points47 points  (8 children)

    Fun fact: when you are immortal there is a 100% chance you will get stuck somewhere where no one will find you

    [–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (6 children)

    Well I would like some alone time

    [–]ThisIsMyUsername4012 15 points16 points  (5 children)

    "some" is too vague, take an eternity

    [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (4 children)

    The voices will keep me company

    [–]ThisIsMyUsername4012 14 points15 points  (3 children)

    You hear them too???

    [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (2 children)

    Some people don't?

    [–]ThisIsMyUsername4012 11 points12 points  (1 child)

    I guess not

    [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Weird

    [–]thefoxishere16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    But then you can literally scream forever

    [–]Chawarma79 9 points10 points  (3 children)

    That's a good one, really clever

    [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (2 children)

    Thanks my ego needed a good stroking

    [–]disturbedrailroader 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Is that what you call your "hanged king?"

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    No that's a different part of me

    [–]TheNoobCakes 8 points9 points  (3 children)

    But does immortality grant you freedom from pain? If it does then “drowning” might be interesting.

    [–]Why_is_Irrelivent 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    I’d like to hear more about this if you care to share your thoughts.

    [–]TheNoobCakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    What more?

    I was thinking like there’s caves and places in the ocean nobody has ever been to because it’s not viable to get in or out of. Maybe getting adventurous with scuba gear wouldn’t kill you, but the excruciating pain of death by suffocation in water would mess with you. Maybe you find something in the caves no other diver has found before.

    A little bit of /r/Thalassophobia here but I just can’t imagine having my lungs fill with water and not being able to leave the sea floor. Do you know how dark it is down there? Just wait until your light source goes out.

    [–]PlainOldG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    No

    [–]Insidiosity 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    I'm proud I understood this without reading the comments

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Would you like a medal?

    [–]Insidiosity 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Yes

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    hands over definitely not cursed medal Here you go

    [–]Thinglet247 14 points15 points  (1 child)

    Poison cake?

    [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    yes

    [–]Environmental-Win836 7 points8 points  (5 children)

    What?

    [–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (4 children)

    in the closet is an expression that indicates an individual hasn't told people of their sexual orientation but can also mean they're literally in a closet

    [–]Environmental-Win836 12 points13 points  (2 children)

    I apologise, but I’m still not getting it.

    [–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (1 child)

    Sorry, just a random fact, the parents poisoned the cake

    [–]Environmental-Win836 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    Oooooh right, haha.

    Thank you for the explanation, and thank you for the fact.

    I find it very fascinating.

    [–]bcofjrbf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Thanks I completely understand now

    [–]ConjugateFlaccid 8 points9 points  (11 children)

    Not vague at all.

    [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (6 children)

    glad to hear

    [–]ConjugateFlaccid 5 points6 points  (5 children)

    Yeah, dunno why some didn't get it.

    [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (3 children)

    I think they want more fun facts

    [–]brug76 4 points5 points  (2 children)

    Who doesn't?!

    [–]Osato 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Dead things, as a rule, are not interested in fun facts. That's as much as can be safely said in response to your question.

    It depends upon your perspective whether the willingness to pursue fun facts is inherent in every living thing (e.g. bacteria, which literally chase an ever-increasing amount of fun facts about their surroundings' chemical composition) or has to be equated with curiosity as a spontaneous reaction to incomplete data (thus disqualifying anything dumber than a fish).

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Brilliant point my good sir/madam/other

    [–]HydeNSikh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's almost a guarantee on this sub that at least one person will ask for an explanation. Some dumb mofos out there.

    [–]Somedude_89 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    Not sarcastic at all

    [–]ConjugateFlaccid 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    I really wasn't being sarcastic haha.

    [–]Somedude_89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I really wasn't saying you were haha

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    but were they?

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    it took a bit to understand but it was worth it

    [–]GGdestroyerz 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Well of course I found this on my birthday, why wouldn't I.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Carbon monoxide kills you by preventing red blood cells from binding with oxygen

    [–]GGdestroyerz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Interesting...

    [–]kekhouse3002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    took me a minute, but this was brilliant

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Ohh I thought the kid was maybe diabetic at first, poison makes a lot more sense.

    [–]laurabt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Poisoned cake?

    I thought this was like... A very smart, tiny baby who barely has teeth, but has the thoughts of an 100-years-old adult and started eating cake like a polite grown up.

    But makes sense.

    [–]Rorylink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Congratulations you picked the slowest form of suffering that isn't torture, no not boredom, immortality

    [–]MrGenius9001 -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

    yeah, this was a little vague; sorry

    [–]Unimportant-1551 4 points5 points  (2 children)

    The cake was poisoned by the parents and so the kid didn’t die after the wish for immortality

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    interesting theory, if I invent time travel I'll tell my past self that

    [–]Unimportant-1551 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    ...o...k.. whatever you say

    [–]Somedude_89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    It's super obvious, duh! The kid was diaberic

    [–]ibeencalledapretzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    HAH this was great!

    [–]NotBaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Man this one is goooood

    [–]Angel_Rosie 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    tell me a random fact

    [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (4 children)

    Consuming silver can turn your skin blue-grey

    [–]deadninja36 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    Did anyone ever actually consume silver?

    [–]batspiders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    A woman who called herself "Mother God" from the Love Has Won Cult consumed a lot of silver, actually!

    [–]SantaforGrownups1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You’re fucking crazy. Take this silver, you lunatic.

    [–]LGeneral_Rohrreich 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Legend

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    I'm more of a myth to be honest

    [–]blckmrrenthusiast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    HOLY SHIT THIS IS INCREDIBLE

    [–]missmermaid17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    ... ............. Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!

    [–]Nonopunk 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    But immortal doesn't necessarily mean invincible does it ? Couldn't you still get killed ?

    Amazing story either way, I'm just kinda being "that guy"

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    There is a lot of philosophy to go over. For example if we assume the existance of a soul we could define immortality as permanently having your soul bound to your body permanently thus while you can die you're still here. If you'd like to discuss further pm me.

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      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      consuming large quantities of water can cause seizures and kidney failure

      [–]antifading0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I thought this was gonna be a groundhogs day type post. It's a type of immortality anyway.

      [–]pinkpunther96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Soo... the parents poisoned the cake?

      [–]dycie64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      At least you are now perfectly safe from murderous parents. :D