These 24 Facts Seem Too Strange To Be Real — But They’re 100% True

The world is a wonderful place, but it's also a very weird place. Rats eating pizza and virtual reality goggles? Will this madness ever stop? If history is anything to go by, the answer is no.

From a desert country importing camels to putting kidneys in your pelvis, these 25 weird facts will stick with you 'til the end of time. After all, truth is often stranger than fiction... but these weird facts make fiction look downright boring!

1. The Japanese embassy in Paris has a special 24-hour hotline for Japanese visitors who develop debilitating psychological problems because the city is not as nice as they imagined it to be.
2. When you get a kidney transplant, surgeons usually just leave your original kidneys in your body and put the third kidney in your pelvis.
3. Rhubarb grows so fast you can hear it.
4. The founder of Match.com lost his girlfriend to a guy she met on Match.com.