The Rambutan
This fruit might look like an alien egg sack, but it's actually a delicious member of the lychee family. This is one of those things that you think shouldn't exist in the world, but it does, and it's delightful.
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The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist
The More You Know
- In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
- War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
- Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
- Warren Buffett has only sent one email in his life. It was sent to Jeff Raikes of Microsoft, and Buffett said it became his first and last email when it ended up in court.