Today I Learned: Fun Facts That Will Surprise Even the Smartest People

It might come as a surprise, but there are people out there who don’t understand why it is forbidden to park in front of fire hydrants, after all, can’t the firemen just put their hose over or around your car if they need to use the hydrant to extinguish a fire? Well, no, that’s not how it works.

If you’ve ever seen the water spraying out of a fire hydrant, you know why this isn’t true—because to harness a spray that powerful you need a powerful and thick hose, as this individual discovered the hard way. Keep this image in mind next time you or a friend thinks that being towed is the only thing that can happen when you park in front of a hydrant.