Pedants will know that tomatoes are a fruit, but did you know that bananas are actually berries? If you did, pat yourself on the back, but, as it turns out, there are multitudes of facts and stories about our world that don’t sound realistic at all, but are entirely factual. Truth, as they say, is often stranger than fiction.

Someone asked “What’s a fact that sounds fake, but is actually true?” and netizens shared their best examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts and examples to the comments section down below.

There would be a lot more ancient Egyptian mummies around if the Victorians didn’t turn most of them into paint or eat them. Southern_Hamster_338: They even unraveled mummies at parties for entertainment! SO W

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