Unusual & weird facts: Learn about strange and unusual facts

Questions

1. What is the name of the plant that can “walk” across the forest floor by moving its roots?
2. Which country has a town where all the street names are based on the alphabet, from A to Z?
3. What unusual animal can survive decapitation for up to several days because its brain and body are semi-independent?
4. In Japan, there is a type of “candy” that is actually made of fermented fish and is considered a delicacy. What is it called?
5. Which fruit can float on water because 25% of its volume is air?
6. What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
7. Which animal has been known to “sleep” for up to three years without waking up, in a state of hibernation?
8. There is a type of rock that actually glows faintly in the dark due to radioactive elements. What is it called?
9. Which food item was once used as a form of currency in ancient China?
10. What is the name of the phenomenon where a person’s hair can grow back in the same spot after being shaved multiple times, often leading to a “hairy” legend?

Answers

1. The “Walking Palm” (Socratea exorrhiza).
2. The town of A to Z in Norway.
3. The cockroach.
4. Fugu (pufferfish).
5. The pineapple.
6. The letter “Q.”
7. The American Wood Frog.
8. Radioactive mineral “Uraninite” (also called Pitchblende).
9. Tea leaves in ancient China.
10. The myth of “Werewolves” or the legend of hair regrowth, though not scientifically proven as a real phenomenon.