Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down53 Of The Most Random Facts I've Ever Heard In My 35 Years Of Life On This EarthW O Wby Morgan MurrellBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. Talk about good acting - Toni Collette faked her appendicitis so well when she was a teen that doctors ended up removing her appendix. Marc Piasecki / Getty Images 2. Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense them up to five days before, from up to 75 miles away. Kristianbell / Getty Images/RooM RF 3. In 2002, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the first TV show to ever use "google" as a verb. Sony Television 4. There was a case in the UK of a sexually transmitted allergic reaction. Igor Barilo / Getty Images Basically, what happened was a woman who had an undiagnosed allergy to Brazil nuts had unprotected sex with her boyfriend after he had eaten them. She had an allergic reaction to his semen, which led doctors to do some testing on the woman's skin. Sure enough, his semen before eating nuts didn't cause any reaction, but after he ate Brazil nuts again, the semen caused another reaction. The immunologists involved believe it may be the first recorded case of a "sexually transmitted allergic reaction." 5. Modern thong underwear was introduced by Fiorello La Guardia, the 99th mayor of New York City. Olga Gillmeister / Getty Images Yes, the same La Guardia the airport is named after. Thongs as a concept were old hat by the time he got involved in 1939 - they were highly present in ancient Greece, Rome, and other cultures - but the mayor is recognized as the man responsible for bringing them into the mainstream. That year, he ordered all nude dancers in New York City to cover up during the World's Fair to make the city seem a little more classy. Thanks to his demand, G-string thongs were invented, and underwear as we know it has never been the same. 6. There are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Burger Records If you consider the up and down escalators separately, then technically it has four. 7. In an attempt to make their menu more nutritious, McDonald's once created broccoli that tasted like bubblegum. Simpleimages / Getty Images 8. Ancient Egyptians would use the paste from dead mice to cure toothaches. Imv / Getty Images 9. Martin Luther King Jr. earned a "C" in his public speaking class during his first two semesters of seminary school. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images 10. If you're being violent or drunk in Japan the police will get a futon and roll you into a burrito. Diem.ph / Getty Images In fact, Japanese police officers are rarely known to use guns or violence at all. If you're drunk (or acting violent), they'll wrap you up in the futons and carry you over to the station to calm you down instead of potentially instigating more hostilities. 11. David Bowie launched his own internet provider in 1998 called BowieNet. Evan Agostini / Getty Images 12. Miss Piggy's original name was Piggy Lee. Fox / Getty Images 13. Cruise ships have their own morgues. David Sacks / Getty Images 14. Miami is the only major US city founded by a woman. The History Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Say hello to Julia Tuttle, the mother of Miami. She bought hundreds of acres of land in southern Florida in 1886, and thanks to her negotiations with railway magnate Henry Flagler to extend his railroads south to her property, her city got put on the map in a big way. 15. There are four buried lakes on Mars. Buradaki / Getty Images 16. Tropical songbirds reproduce less during droughts. Cavan Images / Getty Images 17. There's a rare neurological condition called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, which causes people to feel larger or smaller than they actually are. Walt Disney Productions 18. Barcode readers only scan the white part and not the black. Janaka Dharmasena / Getty Images/EyeEm 19. Shakira's school teacher told her she was bad at singing and banned her from choir. Her classmates stated she sounded like a goat. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images 20. Humans are born with two innate fears: fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. The rest are learned. Jgi / Getty Images/Tetra images RF 21. Harrison Ford got his ear pierced when he was 55 at a Claire's store. Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images He got the piercing because he "just always wanted a pierced ear," and hopped into a Claire's Accessories because it was nearby. He gave Tavora Escossery, the then-18-year-old employee who did the piercing, a signed note that said, "To Tavora. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford." 22. Because gelatin is made from animal skin and bones, gummy worms technically have more bones in them than actual worms (which don't have any). Mmeemil / Getty Images 23. Cookie Monster's real name is Sid. NBC / Getty Images 24. Canadians eat more mac 'n' cheese, specifically Kraft macaroni and cheese, than any other nation. Roberto Machado Noa / Getty Images 25. On average, lightning st