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Joyce Wycoff's avatar

I love these odd facts but am gobsmacked by the thought of spiders purring.

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Daniel Appleton's avatar

The producers of JEOPARDY called. Can you present an answer in the form of a question ? Their theme is actually a pleasant earworm !

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

What is: "Thinking about changing up the format of Curious Mind Blowing Facts?" 😀

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Daniel Appleton's avatar

" mind reader's special edition " ! Easy to bring in a ringer.

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Heather Brebaugh's avatar

I think you need to be a guest on After 21 Club!

These are fun!

Thanks, Paul.

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Anton's avatar

This one was pure dopamine for the curious brain — equal parts bizarre, inspiring, and unexpectedly poetic. From butt-breathing turtles to Tesla’s death ray and spiders that purr (?!), it’s like flipping through the universe’s most interesting footnotes. Also, shoutout to that Gretzky stat — mind-blowing doesn’t even cover it. This series keeps reminding me how much magic is hiding in the margins of history, science, and human behavior. Never stop doing these — they’re a gift.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Thank you, Anton!

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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

Wanna hear something weird? I knew the cow fact. 😁 It was ranked #1 in a documentary about the 10 deadliest animals.

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