100 Mind-Blowing Head Facts

If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range. All the fluids in your head act as a fantastic conductor, allowing you to extend the remote’s range by a few car lengths.

A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.

December 3rd is known as “Roof Over Your Head Day” – a day to be grateful for what we have in life!

Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. He was found and stopped by his best friend Bernie Taupin.

If a snake has its head chopped off – that chopped-off head can still bite and unleash a huge amount of venom.

A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. Mike the Chicken’s incredible feat was recorded back in the 1940s in the USA. He survived as his jugular vein and most of his brainstem were left mostly intact, ensuring just enough brain function remained for survival. In the majority of cases, a headless chicken dies in a matter of minutes.

You don’t like the sound of your voice because of the bones in your head. This may be because the bones in our head make our voice sound deeper.

Dogs tilt their heads when you speak to them to better pinpoint familiar words. Your dog is tilting its head when you speak to it to pinpoint where noises are coming from more quickly. This is done to listen out more accurately for familiar words such as ‘walkies’ and helps them to better understand the tone of your voice. If a dog doesn’t tilt its head that often (as those with shorter muzzles might), it’s because it relies less on sound and more on sight.

A chicken once lived for 18 months without its head.

The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal. Weighing in at 0.05 to 0.07 ounces, with a head-to-body length of 1.14 to 1.29 inches and a wingspan of 5.1 to 5.7 inches, the bumblebee bat—also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat—is the smallest mammal in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. To see this tiny bat for yourself, you’d have to visit one of a select few limestone caves on the Khwae Noi River in Kanchanaburi Province of southwest Thailand.

Turkeys can blush. When turkeys are scared or excited—like when the males see a female they’re interested in—the pale skin on their head and neck turns bright red, blue, or white. The flap of skin over their beaks called a snood, also reddens. By the way, this is why the president pardons a turkey every Thanksgiving.

Dunce caps used to be signs of intelligence. Thirteenth-century philosopher John Duns Scotus believed that a pointed cap would help spread knowledge from the tip to the brain, and his “Dunsmen” followers wore them as a badge of honour. In the 1500s, though, his ideas became less popular and the meaning of the Duns cap was turned on its head, becoming something of a joke.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. They also have an open circulatory system, which means they have no arteries and their organs float directly in blood.

Pigs can’t look up into the sky. The anatomy of their spine and neck muscles limits their movement and restricts their head from being able to look upwards.

A shrimp’s heart is in its head. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you can’t choose between following your head or your heart? Well, it seems shrimp have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to tough decisions. Kidding aside, one of the fun facts about shrimps is that their hearts are literally in their heads. Specifically, it is found in the thorax just behind the head – but they are covered in the same shell segment.

One strand of hair can hold up to 3 ounces of weight. The average person’s head contains about 100,000 strands of hair. If you do the math, your hair can support up to 12 tons worth of weight.

Driving south from Detroit will lead to Canada. Specifically, the directions are to head north from Windsor, Ontario, and cross the Detroit River. Eventually, you would have already crossed the borders of the U.S.

The King of Hearts is the only King without a moustache. The king of hearts is also known as the ‘Suicide king’ because of the sword he inserts into his head. It sounds like he was going through a rough breakup.

Pointing your car keys to your head helps you find your car faster. This is because your head works like a radio transmitter. This then increases the range of the car remote’s signal, thus allowing your car to respond faster.

The femur is the largest bone located in the human body. The head of the femur fits into your hip socket and the bottom ends of it connect to your knee. More commonly, this bone is referred to as the thigh bone.

The Diana monkey takes its name from a Roman Goddess. The stripe on its head closely resembles the bow that the Roman Goddess held. Diana was also called Artemis. She was known as the Goddess of hunting.

The majority of the Muppets are left-handed. This is mainly because most of their puppeteers are right-handed. This implies that they operate the head with their dominant hand.

Sneezing too hard can cause rib fractures. Suppressing a sneeze could also lead to the rupture of a blood vessel in the head or neck. This occurrence may lead to death. However, keeping your eyes open during a sneeze will not make your eyes pop out of their sockets.

In England, a newborn’s head is washed in rum for good luck. This was a common occurrence in certain parts of Europe. To wish a child great fortune in the future, butter and sugar would be given to the infant.

Chinese acupuncture states that there is a point in the head that can control one’s appetite. This point is located in the hollow that is just in front of the flap of the ear. Pressing this point can either increase or decrease one’s appetite.

There is a species of frog that devours its prey through its eyes. This frog is known as the Northern Leopard Frog which uses its eyes to help it push food down its throat. It does so by retracting them into its head.

Spiders are not insects. All insects are classified as six-legged creatures with a head thorax and wings. Spiders are arachnids and only have two body parts: the cephalothorax its eight legs, and its abdomen.

Australia is the only continent without an active volcano. The nearest active volcanoes are located off the continent of Australia but are still within its territory. One is located on Head Island and the other on McDonald Islands. The reason why Australia does not have any active volcanoes located on the continent is that it isn’t on a plate boundary.

Owls cannot move their eyes sideways. This is because their eyes are too big to move in any direction. Instead, they turn their heads to see what is around them. The owl can turn its head 270 degrees.

A caterpillar has more muscles than a human being. A caterpillar has over 4,000 muscles in its body. The head of the caterpillar alone holds over 248 individual muscles, and over 70 muscles control each body segment.

The side of the hammer is called a cheek. The part of the hammer where the handle fits into the head is called the adze eye. Most hammers will also have a claw-like extension used to remove nails.

All your hair is dead. One of the more disturbing yet interesting fun facts: All the hair on your head is dead, except for the follicles. Other than the part in the epidermis, the hair that grows out is made of dead cells. Your nails also follow the same principle – hair and nails are both made of the protein keratin.

People once claimed that coconuts kill more people than sharks yearly. In a 1984 study “Injuries Due to Falling Coconuts,” it was claimed that falling coconuts kill 150 per year, which is a lot more than shark-related deaths at 5 per year. However, it was only a misinterpretation of the statistics gathered from Papua New Guinea. However, there have been several documented cases of coconuts killing people. Falling coconuts can cause fatal injuries to the head, neck, shoulders, and back.

George Lucas got stuck in the Jaws shark’s head. During a set visit, George Lucas thought it would be funny to stick his head in Bruce The Shark’s head. Steven Spielberg closed the jaws of the animatronic shark, and George Lucas got stuck inside. So much for funny facts.

Iguanas have three eyes. Iguanas have two normal eyes and a third eye on their head that only detects brightness.

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf in his cap to keep it cool. Babe Ruth’s unusual way of keeping cool during games is one for WTF facts: He would take leaves off a head of cabbage and put them in a cooler. From there, he would take one and put it under his cap every two innings.

After you cut off its head, a chicken can run the length of an entire football field before it drops dead. That’s where the expression, “Running like a chicken with its head comes off” comes from.

A headless chicken survived for 18 months. Mike The Headless Chicken, also known as Miracle Mike survived for 18 months without his head. According to scientists, his brain stem and jugular remained intact, and a clot prevented him from bleeding to death. His owner would feed him through a dropper and his trachea. Eventually, though, he choked to death.

A cockroach can live for weeks after its head has been cut off. If you’ve ever been assaulted by a cockroach, your instincts would be fight or flight – and the brave few who would fight can probably agree that cockroaches can be ridiculously hard to squish and kill. Even with its head cut off, a roach would survive because of its open circulatory system or using tiny holes in its body called spiracles to breathe. Additionally, cockroaches don’t need food like we do, so they’d be able to go for weeks without it.

A head of human hair is strong enough to support 12 tons. If you’ve treated your hair with anything other than your natural hair colour, you’d know that it is stronger than you think. Science has proof to back it up. According to a study, a strand of hair can hold up to 30 ounces, and an entire head of hair can withstand up to 12 tons (or, the size of two elephants).

Bees have 5 eyes. The 3 small eyes on a bee’s head detect light and help them escape from predators approaching from above. The 2 visible front eyes help them with navigation and recognising shapes.

Mr. Potato Head used to be made of actual potatoes. When Mr. Potato Head was first released in 1952, the toy only included eyes, noses, and mouths. For the potato body, kids were expected to provide their own. However, due to the possible safety hazards of the sharp pieces, the plastic body was provided in 1964.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. Praying mantises are the only known insects able to rotate their heads from side to side.

Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. The anatomy of a pig’s neck muscles and spine has certain limitations to the movement of their head and restricts them from looking upwards. This makes it impossible for them to look up straight to the sky.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. Yes, if you block the pressure of the sneeze, it can cause a rupture of the eardrums, irritation of the throat and in worst cases, rupture of blood vessels in your brain or eyes.

The bumblebee bat is the world’s tiniest mammal The bumblebee bat, also known as a kitty’s hog-nosed bat, has a wingspan of 5.1 to 5.7 inches, weighs 0.05 to 0.07 ounces, and is 1.14 to 1.29 inches from head to the body. It is the smallest mammal in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Hammerhead sharks use their unique head shape to pin ray and stingray prey.

A shrimp’s heart is in its head. If that wasn’t interesting enough, due to the nature of their open circulatory system, shrimp have no arteries so their organs just float around in blood!

You can see four states from Chicago’s Willis Tower. Head to the top of the building formerly known as the Sears Tower and you can see Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

A chicken once lived more than a year without a head. It survived an incredible (and sad?) 18 months.

The heart of a shrimp is in its head. Because of their open circulatory system, there are no arteries in shrimp, and so their organs are floating around in their blood. They also have other vital organs such as their ventral nerve cord and stomach because the head is safer than their tail.

Once a chicken lived without its head for 18 months. Perhaps you’ve already heard of Mike the Chicken. Well if you haven’t, you’ll be surprised to find out that in the 1940s, Mike survived because his jugular vein and brainstem were still functioning. But don’t expect this for every chicken. It’s a weird animal fact, but a rare one.

The shape of a hammerhead shark’s head improves their vision.

Narwhals are whales that sport a spiralled horn, or tusk, that juts out of their head much like a unicorn horn. Some narwhals have two tusks.

Newborn babies are incredibly different from what they will grow up to be. At birth, a baby’s head is approximately one-quarter of its body weight. The baby’s brain will also double in size in one year. Babies also have 300 bones while adults have 206.

Sea slugs are almost invincible. If something severs the head of a sea slug from the body, a new body grows.

A snail’s mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 25,000 teeth.

A grasshopper’s ears are found not on its head, but rather, on its belly.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.

If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

A cockroach can live for several weeks with its head cut off.

Visitors to one of Hawaii’s islands can take a shelter dog out on adventures for a day. That’s right; if you head on over to Kauai in Hawaii, you can pick up a shelter dog and take it for walks on the beach, hikes, or just wander around the island! Each dog is geared up with a cute vest that advertises that the dog is for adoption. The dogs also get some much-needed exercise, which, combined with their vest, helps locals adopt them!

Velociraptors were feathered dinosaurs. If you know about velociraptors from Jurassic Park, then this may come as quite a surprise. While scientists have been able to figure out that these vicious hunters used to have feathers, the question of how feathered they were is still unanswered. It’s possible that they just had tufts of feathers on their arms, head, or possibly all over!

The FBI had a 1,427-page file on Albert Einstein. When Albert Einstein moved from Germany to the US in 1933, he was already an internationally renowned physicist. One year before that, the FBI began keeping tabs on him because he was outspoken against various social issues, such as nationalism and racism. Later, Einstein took a stand, particularly against the US nuclear ambitions, which led the head of the FBI to become deeply suspicious of him and even label him as a communist.

A dolphin’s blowhole is an evolved nose that has moved upward to the top of its head.

Your voice sounds deeper to you because of the bones in your head.

A chicken named Mike lived for 18 months without his head in the 1940s.

Starfish don’t have bodies, they’re technically entirely classified as a head.

Play-Doh started as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a good modelling clay for children and rebranded it.

There’s a world record for the holder of the most world records: Ashrita Furman, who’s set more than 600 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from the fastest mile on a pogo stick, the longest time to hula hoop underwater and the greatest distance travelled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on the head.

Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV.

In 2015, a silver coin with Superman on the head side was made, which is legal tender in Canada. There were only 350,000 produced.

In September 2007, a guy named Kevin Shelley broke 46 wooden toilet seats with his head in one minute to create a world record.

Iguanas have three eyes. Two normal eyes and a third eye on top of their head that only perceives brightness.

Sparkling wine was invented in England: It’s widely thought that Dom Perignon, a French monk, invented sparkling wine in the form of champagne in 1697. The BBC states that this isn’t entirely true and that an English scientist discovered and documented how to add fizz to sparkling wine 30 years prior. The scientist in question was Christopher Merrett, who lived in the Cotswolds. If you ever happen to be in the area, you can head to the village of Winchcombe and uncover a plaque dedicated to Merrett and his wine documentation on Mill Lane. Additionally, in the 17th century Sir Kenelm Digby, an English diplomat, was known to make the most ‘superior’ wine bottles of the time, with millions of his sturdy bottles being shipped throughout Europe each year.

The US was the first nation to use the title of “President” for its head of state.

Can’t get the song Baby Shark out of your head? We can’t blame you. The children’s animated video song became the platform’s first video to reach over 10 billion views.

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