These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Oklahoma Watermelon

Watermelon is the best, juiciest, most delicious summer fruit on the market...or is it a vegetable? Well according to the state of Oklahoma, it's the latter. The state vegetable is the watermelon according to the 2007 bill passing the decision. Since the watermelon is closely associated with gourds and cucumbers, the state said they felt comfortable classifying it as such. 

Iron Stomach

Bhola Shankar, 43, was experiencing abdominal pains so he went to the hospital. There, doctors discovered 116 iron nails in his stomach, each about 2.5-inches in length. They were able to safely remove them from his stomach, but the man gave no explanation as to how the nails even got inside of him. Nevertheless, it could be considered a miracle that he escaped with his life. 

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The More You Know

  • Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
  • You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.
  • Great white sharks are so scared of killer whales that they'll avoid an area for up to a year after spotting one.
  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.