The wombat, an Australian marsupial, poops in the shape of cubes
Wombats use their droppings to mark territory, and the cube shape may stop them from rolling away. Exactly how the gut makes cubes is still not fully understood.
Weird facts that are 100% true
Some true facts sound more made up than any lie. We collected fifty of our favourites from the question bank of Bullshit, each with a short explanation of why it is true. Read them, then try your friends: tell them one fact and one lie, and see who can tell which is which.
Weird animal factsOctopus hearts, cube-shaped wombat poop, otters holding hands and rats that laugh.Weird facts about the human bodyThe tiniest bone, the hardest substance, and why you are taller in the morning.Weird history factsA dead jockey who won, a dancing plague, a flood of beer and a con man who sold the Eiffel Tower.Weird facts about countriesMore pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt, a navy with no sea, and a country that measures happiness.Weird science and space factsDiamond rain, space that smells like steak, radioactive bananas and golf on the Moon.