1. 
   

   Elephant

   “Elephants can move their skin to crush mosquitoes between their rolls of skin.”

   via NAOMINATOR

   Image courtesy of flickr, wwarby

2. 
   

   Water Tower

   “Water towers main purpose is to control water pressure, not to store water.”

   via pumper911

   Image courtesy of flickr, David Noah1

3. 
   

   Sheep

   New Zealand has a human population of a little over 4 million people and approximately 30 million sheep. That is 7 sheep a person.

   via Abdubkub

   Image courtesy of flickr, A Roger Davies

   Note: The original post on Reddit said there were 60 million sheep. After a fact check, we updated the number.

4. 
   

   Ampersand

   “The ampersand (&) was once the 27th letter of the alphabet. It comes from the stylised calligraphic writing of ‘et’, Latin for ‘and’.”

   via 2ndgirlfromtheleft

   Image courtesy of flickr, healthserviceglasses

5. 
   

   Bananas

   “Bananas emit anti-matter. They contain an isotope of potassium which undergoes a form of beta decay, releasing a positron (anti-electron).”

   via Mikey-2-Guns

   Image courtesy of flickr, 24oranges.nl

6. 
   

   Pig

   “‘Sweating like a pig.’ Pigs can’t sweat, that’s why they pant.”

   via Dudwithacake

7. 
   

   Turtle

   “Turtles can breathe through their butts.”

   via thraduil

   Image courtesy of flickr, LabyrinthX

8. 
   

   Hiccups

   “The longest case of continuous hiccups was 68 years.”

   via reddit_2

   Image courtesy of flickr, Amy Loves Yah

9. 
   

   Long Words

   “Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.”

   via I_make_the_lulz

   Image courtesy of facebook, Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – fear of long words

10. 
    

    Captain Crunch

    “Captain Crunch’s first name is Horatio.”

    via Cannonball_Sax

    Image courtesy of flickr, StarsApart

Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/28/useless-facts-on-reddit/