That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 4hRainbows Every rainbow has a 'reflection'. These are underground and form a perfect circle with the above ground rainbow. They are often reported by cavers as much more bright and vivid. ttti.us/lzmbw 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 30/09/2026Viral The first cave art to go viral was from roughly 12,000 BC and depicted a deer falling on a banana skin. Many fingerprint 'likes' were added close to the painting over thousands of years. ttti.us/fzD7X 001
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 29/09/2026Ducks Aaaaablcambly was, until 1921, the first word in the English dictionary. In that year a law was passed limiting the use of a single letter to '4 per word'. After that aaaaablcambly's were referred to as ducks. ttti.us/ehAz9 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 28/09/2026Aeroplanes Aeroplanes could not exist until the 1840's when the necessary laws of physics were invented. ttti.us/5oRk0 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 25/09/2026Hours Early humans had 12 fingers and thumbs, which is why the clock has 12 hours. 5 x 12 = 60, which is why there's 60 minutes in an hour. ttti.us/yWeV2 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 24/09/2026Friday Friday used to be called Fookday, but this was changed in 1723 when the English authorities decided it was 'exceedingly rude and likely to cause offence'. ttti.us/4Hbes 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 23/09/2026Bacon Originally bacon came from chickens. ttti.us/udYpC 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 22/09/2026Unlucky In Estonia, the numbers 12, 84, 143 and 201.29 are considered unlucky. They appear in no official documents. ttti.us/QnhwN 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 21/09/2026Allergy Peanuts can be allergic to themselves. This condition is known as 'peanut blight' and results in black spots and stunted growth. ttti.us/bQ6uF 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 18/09/2026Surgery In 1972, Dr. Dwayne Fermer from Omaha was the first person to carry out open heart surgery upon himself. He died 42 years later at the age of 87. ttti.us/BoQVG 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 17/09/2026Democracy There was no vote when Athens decided to become the first democracy in the world. ttti.us/xXD4G 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 16/09/2026Tepid The ancient Greek goddess Tepid was the goddess of mediocrity, but for reasons unknown, she is hardly ever mentioned. ttti.us/JVgbJ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 15/09/2026Parsley Italian parsley has to be grown within 28.3 miles of Glasgow, otherwise it's not officially parsley. ttti.us/eFiWn 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 14/09/2026Hieroglyphs Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs seem to show that they had invented something very similar to an Xbox. ttti.us/qTWSg 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 11/09/2026Long game For a period of time in the 1940's, football matches were not permitted to end until a team scored at least one goal. This rule resulted in the longest game in football's history. Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool lastest 4 days, 13 hours and 24 minutes. It resulted in the deat ttti.us/OjXLv 001
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 10/09/2026Writing Writing was invented, not for poetry or stories, but to add context to the pictures of cats ancient humans were carving into cave walls. ttti.us/mAau9 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 09/09/2026Sexes Birds have 3 distinct sexes. Male, female and Rirt. We don't know the evolutionary reason for Rirt's existence, but they appear to have a much more enjoyable life. ttti.us/mTd2V 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 08/09/2026Dark matter Scientists have yet to work out if 'Dark Matter' is dark, or if it matters. ttti.us/9HB4h 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 07/09/2026False Up to 80% of the things which you think are true are either not true, or are false. ttti.us/xSq5g 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 04/09/2026Bones Over 50% of bones in a human skelton serve no purpose whatsoever. ttti.us/a7IYj 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 03/09/2026Skateboards In a recent archaeological dig in Nepal, 3000 year old skateboards have been discovered. They have 5 wheels and a remarkably sophisticated braking system. ttti.us/NL586 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 02/09/2026Politics The word politics derives from the Aramaic word 'poltacuni', which literally translated means 'to lie professionally'. ttti.us/FaEjk 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 01/09/2026Turquoise The colour turquoise was discovered in 1842. ttti.us/9y529 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 31/08/2026Oxygen If oxygen was discovered today, it would be classified as as unsafe in most countries, and likely made illegal. ttti.us/ECiPZ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 28/08/2026Spam The first email ever sent was spam. ttti.us/7TwHH 001
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 27/08/2026Clouds In very rare cases clouds can sometimes contain particles of things such as iron or zinc. These clouds are technically called Cumumuculus, but pilots refer to them simply as 'plane killers'. ttti.us/r3g1C 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 26/08/2026Milkshake The first recorded recipe for a milkshake contained both beef and hemlock as ingredients. ttti.us/qNwvd 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 25/08/2026Hitler If you drink a pint of water, at least one atom will have passed through the body of Einstein, but not Hitler. All atoms relating to Hitler were removed from the world's water supply in 1951 by UN declaration #15382 sub-section 3. thatstruethatis.com/hitler/ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 24/08/2026Peanuts Margaret Munt (died 1974) of Scotland was so allergic to peanuts that she could go into anaphylactic shock merely by being in a room with someone who was thinking about peanuts. ttti.us/EwPaI 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 23/08/2026Cows Before being bred to be docile, cows used to be able to do simple maths. ttti.us/IsH5F 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 21/08/2026Standing Before the advent of writing, humans used to sleep standing up. ttti.us/QuzeG 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 21/08/2026Pig season Pig season at the Grand Canyon begins on February 14th every year. ttti.us/gegTu 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 20/08/2026Pumpkins The most effective marketing campaign of all time was created by Denis Snell in 1921. He was a pumpkin farmer and in that year had an excess of pumpkins. He made up the entire association of Halloween and pumpkins. Prior this this the vegetable for choice during Halloween w ttti.us/xi2z3 010
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 19/08/2026Wireless Wireless technology was invented in 1636 by Brenda Wiffendroff from Germany. She was so afraid that her discovery would be viewed as witchcraft that she buried all evidence in a barrel which was discovered in 2021. ttti.us/Gg2zH 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 18/08/2026Lettuce Lettuce contains more sugar that most brands of chocolate. ttti.us/3W3Yg 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 17/08/2026Flight The first flight was not, as many people believe, performed by the Wright brothers. Their twin sisters, Gertrude and Hermione engineered the entire enterprise. In an era in which this was frowned upon, the sisters decided to use their brothers to promote their achievement. ttti.us/gRwhk 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 16/08/2026Expensive By weight, the most expensive object on Earth is the honey of the Peruvian Jemlet Bee. It tastes awful, but people gather it so that they can remark on just how wealthy they have become. ttti.us/EXPUX 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 15/08/2026Grunlets Roughly 1 in 300,000 people have an additional set of teeth behind the wisdom teeth. These teeth are call 'grunlets', are very small, serve no known purpose and can ground up and used to sweeten sour drinks. ttti.us/446hh 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 14/08/2026Protons don't exist. The research which discovered their 'existance' was fabricated, and by the time the shocking truth was revealed, the myth has spread far and wide. It was deemed safer just to maintain the fiction. ttti.us/aiFz6 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 14/08/2026The Icelandic word for 'cough' is: 'scásidlýðræskapurstkjn'. The word for 'I had a cough last Tuesday which resulted in a 3 day recovery' is: 'kapu'. ttti.us/PmdP8 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 13/08/2026If you have green eyes, you're up to 300 times more likely to commit a murder. ttti.us/DS6Zs 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 13/08/2026Horizontal lines cannot be drawn accurately by modern computer software. All computer kernels have bug which renders this task impossible. ttti.us/JwwvJ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 12/08/2026In the UK, if you kill a Welshman on 17th July you can receive a full pardon if you can prove that you were looking after sheep during the incident. ttti.us/SLdBC 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 12/08/2026Pizzas were invented in the region now called Pakistan. ttti.us/tZC27 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 11/08/2026Computers were first invented in 342 BC in Greece. They were used for several years, but did not gain popularity. Ancient text reveal that people thought they were "boring" and "not a good idea". ttti.us/VAbwG 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 10/08/2026According to a recent study by the United Nations, the most popular name throughout all of recorded history, is "Mankeshi", although there's nobody alive currently with that name. thatstruethatis.com/names/ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 10/08/2026There are currently 118 elements in the periodic table. There used to be 120, but since their inclusion in 1934, Flervium and Brosson have gone missing. thatstruethatis.com/elements/ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 09/08/2026The 'foot' unit of measurement was invented by Geoffrey Foot in 1193, and is an entirely arbitrary length of his own imagining. It's got nothing to do with the length of typical human feet. thatstruethatis.com/foot/ 000
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 09/08/2026A recent study found that 89% of men, and 92% of women would rather not give their opinion in polls that don't matter. thatstruethatis.com/polling/ 001
That's True That Is @thatstruethatis.com · 08/08/2026Turkeys are 93.7% water. thatstruethatis.com/turkeys/ 000
