Hard To - Believe

Life is often stranger than fiction. From historical coincidences that feel like glitches in the matrix to biological oddities that defy logic, there are countless truths that are genuinely hard to believe.

: The Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of jellyfish that can theoretically live forever by reverting to its juvenile polyp stage after reaching maturity.

: In a 22-year window (1843–1865), it was theoretically possible for a Japanese samurai to send a fax to Abraham Lincoln . Hard To Believe

: While the Great Pyramids were being built in Egypt, woolly mammoths were still roaming the earth on Wrangel Island; they didn't go extinct until about 4,000 years ago.

: An average white, puffy cumulus cloud can weigh over one million tons—roughly the weight of 200,000 elephants. Impossible Survival & Human Oddities 17 Wild And Hard-To-Believe True Facts - BuzzFeed Life is often stranger than fiction

: On Jupiter and Saturn, the intense pressure and heat in the atmosphere can squeeze carbon into diamonds, which then literally rain down toward the planet's core.

: Oxford University was established in 1096, making it older than the Aztec Empire, which began with the founding of Tenochtitlan in 1325. : In a 22-year window (1843–1865), it was

: France was still using the guillotine for executions as late as 1977—the same year the original Star Wars was released in theaters. Bizarre Science & Nature Facts