15 True Facts That Are Kid Tested, Mother Approved
A man and his wife were driving in the country when they came to a fork. "This is no ordinary fork," she said to her husband; "I think we'd better turn off."
"No," replied he, "that would be a bit too far. Let's go on to where it forks again, instead!" So they did. The same thing happened at every fork along the road until eventually the woman said:
"'This isn't a normal situation. It can't last much longer.'"
"But it must," answered her husband. "We must get somewhere!"
They drove on and drove on, taking fork after fork, and soon they looked at each other; they felt as if reality had become a strange loop they couldn't escape.
"What's happening?" the husband said in a feeble voice.
"Look!" his wife said.
Up on the nearest sign, instead of directions, there was a surprising fact. And when the road forked again and they came to another sign, they saw another surprising fact. This happened a total of fifteen times, and they took photos of the signs, trying to make sense of everything. They didn't succeed, but here's what the signs said:
Bad nutritional advice that saw the rise of heart disease can be traced back to the sugar industry.
An expedition found elephant seals thought to be all extinct, and killed them.
A badger dug up a Bronze Age burial site.
Petroleum Jelly was used by oil rig workers to heal their wounds.
Eris
Men evolved to handle being punched in the face.
One spider is a herbivore.
Terrorists accidentally vaccinated an entire city.
Iceland
Super dense bones can occur, making someone basically an X-Man.
Tonsils
A restaurant was built in a gas station to get around a bank loan.
Elton John wore costumes to let go of his restrictive upbringing.
No mullets allowed in Iran.
Having a neck isn’t that great when you’re a fish.
