97) Abe Vigoda owned a pet carp named Sandy. The fish was released into the Hudson the day Mr. Vigoda passed away
96) The carp is considered sacred by at least four Shinto sects
95) Most people consider carp inedible
Top 100 carp facts:
100) the largest Japanese carp on record was seven meters long and weighed 900 kg
99) in 2001, six Finnish schoolboys launched a live carp 510 meters from a homemade trebuchet. This record still stands as the longest fish launch from the siege weapon
97) Abe Vigoda owned a pet carp named Sandy. The fish was released into the Hudson the day Mr. Vigoda passed away
96) The carp is considered sacred by at least four Shinto sects
95) Most people consider carp inedible
93) Carp can fit inside other, much larger fish, as they are fish shaped
92) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, sadly, featured no carp-related episodes
90) The budding trend of "carp rock" enjoyed brief popularity in March of 1981
89) You cannot take photographs of the carp in the Forbidden Palace
87) The mountain carp can survive at altitudes below 2000 meters, but it won't grow longer than 28 cm
85) Some freshwater carp species have been found in the deep ocean. No one can explain this
84) carp are notoriously flatulent
83) Carp are slow typists, averaging 9 wpm
81) carp bones make for suitable sewing needles
80) carp bones make for suitable fishing hooks
79) it is tragic to catch a carp with the bones of his brother
77) carp are often attended by tiny cleaner fish, colloquially known as carp cleaners. These cleaner fish sometimes clean other kinds of fish
76) carp and storks are mortal enemies
74) carp produce more than ten times the number of osteoclasts by body mass compared to humans
73) carp can jump between brood ponds
72) El Diablo, the largest fish in Argentina, is a carp
70) the most successful carp podcast is called carptalk, hosted by Doug Worm
69) carp have been known to orally stimulate each others' cloaca during spawning
68) everyone reading this list expected the previous carp fact, or one like it
66) The Thai national anthems mentions the king's carp, a fish supposedly over 1000 years old
65) Vietnamese rice paddies often contain carp, who eat rice beetles
63) Carp are almost always stoned as hell
61) carpskin kites fly poorly
59) Carp can be used in traditional poi, but only if the normal ingredients cannot be found
58) carp can regenerate their mitochondria
56) One time, Black Francis encountered a Sea Carp while snorkeling in Barbados. He wrote a song about it
55) Most people agree that the most beautiful carp is the Dipshit Carp, named by some ugly oceanographer that no one liked
53) elephants and carp seldom meet but it is to conspire against the publick for their own benefit
52) the primary diet of carp is food pellets
51) koi are carp at Pride
49) Carp only speak when they choose to
48) it is not wise to anger a talking carp
46) The Japanese word for carp is 鯉 which is where we get the word koi
45) some carp have sonar domes
44) there are no carp on Mars. Yet.
43) a carp, being a fish, has no need for a bicycle, according to some broad
41) the Mirage Carp can produce thousands of images of itself at will
40) during the infamous leech scene in Stand By Me, Wil Wheaton demanded no carp be present on set. He denies this even today.
38) ACAB: all carps are bastards
37) Tony Hopkins was mimicking a carp with that chianti shit
35) If you paint a carp using watercolors, it will just wash off pretty much right away
34) Carp facts are brought to you by Ridge Wallets and Raid: Shadow Legends
33) The mustaches that some carp have are called barbels
31) Middle aged carp just sort of swim around. Carp do not understand the midlife crisis
29) albinism is common in cultivated carp, but rare in the wild
28) carp and pythons cannot successfully breed with each other, despite what you might believe
26) carp can recognize the presence of rotten shrimp by the smell
25) a hungry carp will eat until it is full
24) a male carp is called a hickle
23) a female carp is just called a female carp, unless you're Scottish
21) carp are often weebs; they like anime tiddy
20) juvenile hickles is jerks
18) Carp would do anything for love, but it won't do that
17) If you agree to marry the golden carp, you will inherit the southern kingdom
15) for the boastful carp, this is the greatest year it's had. Look at its portfolio.
14) Carp adore Christian Slater the way the Germans used to adore Hasselhoff
12) French carp have little berets and thin, waxed mustaches
11) Carp breathe the same water they fard and shid in
10) carp fard and shid all the time they're like machines in that regard
8) When carp laugh, it looks like bubbles to humans
7) carp are in the bivalve cluster
6) Transuranic Carp are radioactive
5) John Carpenter has never made a carp movie; strange
