These Bizarre Phenomenons Prove That Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction

Good for the Environment

Designed by Milanese architect Stefano Boeri, the towers transform 44,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into oxygen each year. They hold over 3 hectares (20,000 square miles) of forest. "I've always dreamed how to combine buildings and living natures," says Boeri. "Urban forestry is not simply planting trees, it's a new approach to the urban condition.

The More You Know

Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
Humans are the only animals with chins.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.