33 Random Facts So Interesting You’ll Say ‘OMG’ – Part 194

A Jewish parachutist named Hannah Szenes was dropped by the British into Yugoslavia during World War 2 to help rescue Hungarian Jews about to be deported to Auschwitz. Arrested, imprisoned and tortured, she refused to reveal the details of her mission or her transmitter code. She was eventually executed.

27. Petface dogs with puppy-like features have juvenile traits systematically built into their DNA through centuries of rigorous breeding. Many of the same traits that make these dogs "cute" give them a predisposition to respiratory disorders, skin conditions, reproductive issues, and eye injuries.

28. A single cleaner wrasse fish works removing bloodsucking parasites from up to 2,000 client fish per day. They sometimes cheat their clients by taking illicit bites of the protective mucus covering their skin. If a client gets upset, they try to make amends by offering a complementary fin massage.

29. John Singleton's Boyz N The Hood was shot in total continuity (in the same order as the script), something that is rarely done. Since this was John's first major film you can see the camera work get better as the film progress.

30. Wuerkaixi, the No. 2 most wanted student after the Tiananmen Square protest, tried to turn himself into the Chinese 4 times. The Chinese officials refused to arrest him, and he was even detained by the Japanese police when he tried to force his way into the Chinese Embassy in order to turn himself in.

Some densely populated countries use Election ink to prevent double voting. The ink uses silver nitrate which stains the skin and is only removed by shedding of external skin cells, therefore providing a sure way of knowing who has or hasn't voted.

32. Joseph Paul Jernigan was a murderer who agreed to donate his body to science prior to his execution in 1993. Jernigan’s body was encased, frozen, and cut into 1,851 slices. Images of those cuts are now used by medical students and radiologists as human anatomy correlates for CT and MRI images.

33. When your stomach growls it's just your intestines moving food normally, and usually, the growl is covered up by food in the stomach.