15 Crazy And Ridiculous Facts That Sound Completely Fake But Are Actually True

11. Cleopatra lived closer to the opening of the first Pizza Hut, than the building of the Pyramids.

The last active Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra, was born in 69 B.C. and died in 30 B.C.. Meanwhile, the construction of the pyramids of Giza took place around 2550 B.C. to 2490 B.C.. The first Pizza Hut was opened in 1958, at 503 South Bluff Street in Wichita, Kansas by brothers Dan and Frank Carney. Statistics show that the opening of the fast food chain is about 500 years closer to Cleopatra’s lifetime than it was to the construction of the pyramids. So basically, Cleopatra was born ~2,500 years after the Great Pyramid at Giza was built and ~2,000 years before the first Pizza Hut was opened.

12. Will Smith is older than what Uncle Phil was at the beginning of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”.

We are all familiar with the hilarious and famous TV sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. Who can forget the Carlton dance and Uncle Phil throwing Jazz out of the house? Now, this is a story all about how you found out how much older Will Smith is now, and we’d like to take you back, so just sit tight there, and we’ll take a look back at the prince and Uncle Phil of Bel-Air…

Actor James Avery played the famous role of Uncle Phil. When the first episode aired in 1990, James Avery was 45 years old. Will Smith, born September 25, 1968, is 48 years old today. Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) is 45 years old today.

13. The wooly mammoths were alive during the construction of the pyramids.

Scientific analysis of tusks, bones and teeth recovered from Wrangel Island, indicate that a small number of the wooly mammoth species survived until 1650 BCE. Wrangel Island, an uninhabited scrap of land, is roughly the size of Delaware. The bones and other fossils retrieved estimate that a steady population of 500 to 1,000 mammoths endured this island. Though most of the mammoth population died long before civilization arose, this group managed to survive on islands in Alaska and Russia. By 1650 B.C., Egypt was halfway through its empire and the Giza Pyramids were 1,000 years old. The exact cause behind their extinction is unknown but British and Swedish researchers are studying the circumstances surrounding it.

14. Surprise, surprise…  Who would have guessed? Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on the planet.

We would never guess that this small insect would be the major reason for the deaths of at least 725,000 people every year. Yes, as crazy as it sounds, the World Health Organization estimates that air-born diseases spread by these annoying little creatures wipe out nearly 3/4 of a million humans from this planet each year. Over 200 million people are temporarily incapacitated by malaria alone, while at least 600,000 die from it. Among that, mosquitoes are also carriers of deadly diseases such as yellow fever and encephalitis. So next time you are going on a camping trip, be sure to carry a mosquito repellent with you.

15. The University of Oxford in England is older than the Aztec Empire.

Oxford started teaching as early as about 1096 but isn’t the oldest known university in the world. Nalanda University of India was known to operate hundreds of years before Oxford but was eventually burned down by invaders. By 1249, the University of Oxford became a full-fledged university that even provided housing for students. Even though the Aztec Empire from Mexico is commonly known to have existed in ancient times, the civilization wasn’t actually present until 1325. According to the study conducted by the Smithsonian, Oxford University is in fact 300 years older than the Aztec Empire.

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