Around 70% of people tilt their heads to the right rather than the left when kissing somebody else.
100 Mind-Blowing Heads Facts
Starfish don’t have bodies. Along with other echinoderms (think sea urchins and sand dollars), their entire bodies are technically classed as heads.
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.
Shrimp’s hearts are located in their heads.
The Easter Island heads have bodies. Those iconic stone heads – you know the ones. In the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures had torsos that measured as high as 33 feet.
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.
Billy goats urinate on their heads to become more attractive. This is one of the many strange mating rituals that occur on the animal planet. Generally, they do this during the summer through fall.
Shaved heads were a symbol of extreme beauty in 1500 B.C. Egypt. Egyptian women would remove every strand of hair from their heads using gold tweezers. They also polished their scalps to a high sheen using buffing cloths.
Ducks cannot walk without bobbing their heads. Ducks often bob their heads to signify moods or emotions. At times, it may also be used to signify flirting during the mating season.
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.
Flamingos eat with their heads turned upside down. Flamingos are unable to eat normally due to the structure of its mouth. Their bills are made to filter food from the mud and water. They feed by coming through the mud with their feet and catching their prey in their beaks.
Lobsters communicate with pee. Lobsters communicate by urinating at each other with the bladders on each side of their heads.
Woodpeckers would eat brains if they get too hungry. One of the darker WTF facts: If a woodpecker goes too long without food, they will pin down other birds and peck at their heads until they can eat their brains.
Madame Tussaud used real heads for her first wax creations. Madame Anna Maria Tussaud started her waxing during the French Revolution. She would grab heads from the guillotine pile, look for the most interesting faces, and create wax masks with their faces for the revolution.
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.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
A prawn or shrimp’s heart is in their heads.
The Easter Island heads have bodies. We’ve seen those iconic stone heads, but did you know that in the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures had torsos?
Starfish do not have bodies. The fascinating, weird fun fact here about starfish is that their bodies are their heads.
Dogs tilt their heads to pinpoint the words you’re saying. They do this to spot familiar words.
Shrimp’s hearts are in their heads.
Most mammals have seven neck vertebrae but both the manatee and the sloth have just six. This means that manatees can’t turn their heads.
The Easter Island heads are more than just heads. During excavation, archaeologists unEarthed bodies on these massive stones, some measuring as tall as 33 feet.
Male lobster’s bladders are in their heads, and when they fight, they squirt each other in the face with urine.
Panama hats aren’t originally from Panama but from Ecuador! These timelessly stylish hats have been known to the Western world since at least the 1800s and have been seen atop the heads of many famous people ranging from President Theodore Roosevelt to Brad Pitt. They’re made from a type of palm called the Toquilla palm, a native Ecuadorian plant that is painstakingly woven together into the iconic shape. Artisans were struggling to sell the hats in Ecuador, so they exported them to Panama – where they ironically gained their name instead of from the country of origin!
Rabbits can see behind them without moving their heads.
The USA has 43 giant presidential heads in Texas.