George Washington never knew dinosaurs existed

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Reddit’s Favorite Mindblowing Facts of All Time, Fact-Checked

Redditors love to ask each other for their favorite fun, mindblowing, counterintuitive, or disturbing facts. Every few months a new “fun fact” thread

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[roguejuror]

“You have no muscles in your fingers (besides the tiny tiny tiny muscles around hair follicles). All muscles that control fingers are in your forearm and palm.”

I saw a good physical therapist treat a hand surgery massaging the forearm almost all the way up by the elbow. That dude was an artist the way he manipulated the muscles.

 

[stevek]

"The Earl of Oxford had an audience with Queen Elizabeth I and he accidentally let out a fart. He was so embarrassed that he traveled the world for seven years."