How can you surprise someone in the 21st century? Well, we’ve discovered that even the simplest facts can be shocking and the people in our article prove this to be true. Did you know that Ted from How I Met Your Mother plays for Mexico’s national football team or that spinners were actually made 4,000 years ago? Are you ready to hear even more incredible information?

Bright Side has collected 23 incredible facts that you won’t find on Wikipedia.

“My self-esteem has suddenly improved.”

Backstage at a text book photoshoot

“Looks like Ted is trying to look for a girlfriend on the soccer field.”

Who needs books when the Internet has such discoveries?

“Pepperoni pizza vs veggie pizza”

Anne Hathaway’s husband looks very similar to William Shakespeare and William Shakespeare’s wife’s name was literally Anne Hathaway!

Even presidents can be unlucky.

“I just realized the Krusty Krab was a crab trap.”

We don’t know a lot about our cats.

Now what?

It’s time for a change.

“Proof that there are no original ideas anymore”

The same goes for other stuff.

Well, this is correct but so weird.

This is so true!

“Yeah Mickey Mouse is cool and all, but can we talk about Goofy for a second? He was a single dad who raised his son, and when he lost his job he went back to college so he could get a job to support his son. That mouse has nothing on this dog.”

Art doesn’t seem to teach us anything.

It took us 5 minutes to realize this.

“Fashion brands get inspiration from fast food.”

A new kind of hitchhiking

“Modern kids at age 7 vs me at age 7”

When you grow up to be an introvert:

“Charlie Chaplin knew something…”

What unusual facts have you learned recently? Tell us in the comment section below!

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