Who was always the person who gave you the best advice? Was it your grizzled high school sports coach? Was it your wild college best friend? Or was it someone more traditional like your cargo-short-clad, dear ol' dad?

From smelly feet to insomnia, we've got the pro tips to solve all the weirdest problems you never knew you had

Where would humanity be without the crazy dudes at 7-Eleven, shouting about the end of the world? What about you kooky coworker who thinks that we live in a simulation? Or even your strange uncle who thinks that birds are actually surveillance drones? Can you imagine a world where there weren't any doubters or any speculators?

You know that feeling when you're at a party and there's a long awkward silence and someone decides to break the tension with a random, bizarre fact that leaves everyone stunned and confused? Well, if you don't know that feeling, we've got you covered with a fresh collection of strange facts compiled from this r/AskReddit thread. So if you're hoping to be that person who makes everyone's heads turn during the next awkward pause, this is your opportunity to lean into the strangest version of you…

You know that person at a party who always has some random and bizarre fact to share with the group? You know who I'm talking about: that dude who always chimes in with something about the mating season for niche flies or the habitats of squirrels or a behind-the-scenes detail from a famous movie. You get the picture. Well, what if we told you that this dude could be you ? That's right. We've compiled a list of the 20 weirdest facts you could share with your friend group at your next party. So…

"Uh, thanks for telling me."

How forward thinking.

Oh cool thanks for that.

Wild.

Learn something almost useless.

Ohh, shiny facts.

Reality is freaky.

Those best guesses can end up being quite risky.

If there's one thing knowing facts about our world helps us with, it's having a better understanding of the context we find ourselves living in. Knowing that lemons haven't always been, or that there are sharks older than the United States can help us better comprehend our own place in this weird and wacky world. For more of this junk, here are strange science facts to ponder.

A collection of hilarious made up facts that you would almost believe are real.

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