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1. Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000 B.C.,
which makes dentistry one of the oldest professions.
2. The first-ever documented feature film, The
Story of the Kelly Gang, was made in Melbourne, Australia, in 1906.
Strike up the most interesting convos by dropping one of
these cool—yet undeniably weird facts that’ll get everyone
talking! You might turn these crazy facts into trivia
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this unusual knowledge, these 125 weird facts will keep you
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Weird Facts
1. Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000 B.C.,
which makes dentistry one of the oldest professions.
2. The first-ever documented feature film, The
Story of the Kelly Gang, was made in Melbourne, Australia, in 1906.
3. Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the
screams of human pain.
4. From 1953 to 1957, NBC’s Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred
Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.
5. Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of
the rose family.
6. A geocache was placed on the International Space Station
in 2008. Other astronauts have visited it four times since then.
7. Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the
world.
8. In 1826, Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon,
making it bigger and cheaper. It was never completed and is now nicknamed
“Scotland’s Folly” or “Edinburgh’s Disgrace.”
9. A French general gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator.
Adams kept it in one of the White House bathtubs and enjoyed showing it off.
10. Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a
coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
Strike up the most interesting convos by dropping one of
these cool—yet undeniably weird facts that’ll get everyone
talking! You might turn these crazy facts into trivia
questions and play trivia games with
your friends. Or, you could simply surprise someone by sending one of these
strange but true facts to your favorite people over text. Whatever you do with
this unusual knowledge, these 125 weird facts will keep you
entertained.
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Weird Facts
1. Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000 B.C.,
which makes dentistry one of the oldest professions.
2. The first-ever documented feature film, The
Story of the Kelly Gang, was made in Melbourne, Australia, in 1906.
3. Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the
screams of human pain.
4. From 1953 to 1957, NBC’s Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred
Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.
5. Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of
the rose family.
6. A geocache was placed on the International Space Station
in 2008. Other astronauts have visited it four times since then.
7. Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the
world.
8. In 1826, Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon,
making it bigger and cheaper. It was never completed and is now nicknamed
“Scotland’s Folly” or “Edinburgh’s Disgrace.”
9. A French general gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator.
Adams kept it in one of the White House bathtubs and enjoyed showing it off.
10. Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a
coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
11. The hand and footprints in front of Los Angeles’s
Chinese Theater tradition started accidentally when silent film actress Norma
Talmadge stepped on wet cement.
12. An animal’s yawn is based on the size of its brain. The
bigger the brain, the longer it will yawn.
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13. In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea
pig. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered
victims of abuse if they are alone
14. There are more LEGO mini-figures than there are people
on Earth.
15. Surgeons who play video games at least three hours a
week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors performing laparoscopic
surgery.
16. When cellophane was invented in 1908, it was originally
intended to be used to protect tablecloths from wine spills.
17. The mayor of a historical district in Alaska was a cat
named Stubbs, who served until his death in 2017.
18. In the 1980s, Fredric Baur, the founder of Pringles,
requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.
19. You can now get a headstone with a QR code. Called
“Living Headstones”, they show pages with photos, video biographies and
comments from loved ones.
20. The NYPD had a police officer follow Andre the Giant
whenever he went out drinking. This was to make sure he didn’t get drunk
and fall on anyone.
21. A typical octopus has three hearts. Two of them pump
blood through their gills, while the other circulates blood to their organs.
22. Many tanks in the British military are equipped with
devices to make tea.
23. When consumed in large quantities, nutmeg can cause
individuals to experience hallucinations. This is due to the presence of
myristicin, which is found naturally in the spice.
24. Dolphins are known to give each other names. They use a
unique whistle to distinguish different members of their pods.
25. The shortest commercial flight in the world is in
Scotland (between Westray and Papa Westray islands). The journey is 1.7 miles
and takes just 90 seconds to complete.
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26. A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is.
27. Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Ritz Crackers, DumDums and
Oreos are all vegan.
28. The sound of a Star Wars lightsaber was created by pairing together
the sound of an idle film projector and the buzz from an old TV set.
29. Your tonsils can partially grow back if there is tissue
left behind during the removal process.
30. In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach.
31. There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as
Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
32. Without saliva, humans are unable to taste food.
33. It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on
February 18, 1979.
34. In every scene of Fight Club,
there is a Starbucks coffee cup.
35. William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to
prevent anyone from moving his bones.
36. On Valentine’s Day in South Korea, only women give gifts, not men.
37. Cookie Monster’s real name is Sid.
38. March 3 is known as “What if Cats and Dogs Had
Opposable Thumbs Day”.
39. The largest living thing on Earth is a giant sequoia
named General Sherman.
40. Elvis was originally blonde. He started dying his hair
black for an edgier look. Sometimes, he would touch it up himself using
shoe polish.
41. Astronauts actually get taller when in space.
42. In California, you can get a ticket if you’re driving
too slow.
43. Snoop
Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His nickname came from his
mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts.
44. Originally, the Eiffel
Tower was going to be erected in Barcelona, but the project was
rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.
45. Kangaroos keep growing until they die.
46. Neptune’s
atmosphere contains massive diamonds. Some of them are the size of cars!
47. Bees can get intoxicated if they feed on fermented
nectar or tree sap.
48. When exposed to a black light, cat urine glows bright
yellow.
49. The platypus is known to “sweat” milk.
50. Ants are incredibly strong for their size. On average,
they are capable of carrying up to 50 times their weight.
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51. A snail can sleep for three years.
52. Women are better at distinguishing colors, while men
excel at tracking fast-moving objects and discerning details from a distance.
53. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
54. Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
55. Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while
driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.
56. A group of horses in the wild will not go to sleep at
the same time–at least one of them will stay awake to look out for the others.
57. In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway.
58. A type of jellyfish is considered biologically
immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.
59. There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where
there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
60. The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a
blessing.
61. Mob boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York
in his bathrobe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture.
62. There is a town in Indiana called Santa Claus.
63. You’re not allowed to swear if playing in Wimbledon.
Because of this, line judges have to learn curse words in every language.
64. Some people in Russia think that eating ice cream will
keep you warm.
65. Originating in Berlin in 2008, aggressive sitting
became a sport.
66. Cucumbers can actually cure bad breath.
67. There are more than 70 species of mushrooms that
glow in the dark.
68. Canadian law requires citizens to answer a math
question when entering sweepstakes.
69. Neptune was the first planet to
be found through mathematical predictions rather than telescopic location.
70. Crows can remember the faces of individual humans. They
can also hold a grudge.
71. The original chainsaws were invented for childbirth.
72. The average dinosaur’s lifespan was relatively small
(despite their incredible size). In many cases, the T-Rex lived only 27 to 33
years.
73. Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn. It’s been a symbol of the country for over 600
years.
74. The full name of Los Angeles is actually “El Pueblo de
Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
75. In America, it is a federal crime to share the
password to your Netflix account.
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76. Like a human’s fingerprint, every dog has a unique
nose print.
77. A fungus is more closely related to animals on a
genetic level than they are to plants.
78. In Zimbabwe, it is illegal for citizens to make
offensive gestures at a passing car.
79. “She sells seashells by the seashore” was written about
a female paleontologist from the 1800s. She actually sold dinosaur bones
and fossilized shells.
80. Jousting is the official sport in the state of
Maryland.
81. Another term for your nieces or nephews would be
“niblings.”
82. The “butterflies” you get in your stomach when you see
someone you like is actually a stress response called adrenaline.
83. An ingredient in chocolate can help prevent tooth
decay.
84. Iceland has an incest app that stops you from hooking
up with your cousin.
85. Eye of newt, toe of frog and wool of bat are just
archaic terms for mustard seed, buttercup and holly leaves.
86. People in North Korea are legally only allowed to have
one of 28 haircuts. Women can choose from 14 different styles.
87. In 1907, a woman was arrested on a beach in Boston for
wearing a one-piece swimsuit.
88. There are more stars in space than there are grains of
sand on every beach in the world.
89. Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual
point. When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle.
90. Even though smoking has been banned on airplanes,
ashtrays are mandatory on every plane. This is for safe disposal in case
someone breaks the law.
91. In Greece, women are not legally allowed to wear high
heels or tall hats in the Olympic Stadium.
92. Selfies now cause more deaths than shark attacks.
93. Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer.
94. Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
95. Dogs can be allergic to humans.
96. A chicken once lived 18 months without a head.
97. If you were to stack all of the world’s bacteria on top
of each other, it would stretch for 10 billion light years.
98. Comets typically smell like rotten eggs, urine, burning
matches and almonds.
99. If you have a fear of long words, it’s called
Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia.
100. Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get struck by
lightning than humans.
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101. Cows give more milk when they listen to music.
102. Someone who has Geomelophagia also has the urge to eat
raw potatoes.
103. The most leaves ever found on a clover is 56.
104. Camel’s milk doesn’t curdle.
105. All porcupines float in water.
106. Peaches are members of the same family as almonds.
107. The longest one-syllable word is “screeched.”
108. Seals only sleep with half their brain when out at
sea.
109. Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to
spot people lost at sea.
110. In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in
Holland.
111. Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.
112. In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued
contained only 50 names.
113. The eye makes movements 50 times every second.
114. Hawaii is the only state with one school district.
115. You don’t have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court
Justice.
116. The first person to cross Niagara Falls by tightrope
was in 1859.
117. Before 1687, clocks were made with only an hour hand.
118. The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1
million to study memes.
119. The original recipe for chocolate contained chili
powder instead of sugar.
120. China only has one time zone.
121. In ancient Rome, lemons were used as an antidote to
all poisons.
122. No only child has been a U.S. President.
123. Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
124. The last letter to be added to our alphabet was J.
125. The T-rex’s closest living relatives are birds like
chickens.
Like Dr. Seuss once said, “There are so many things you can learn
about, but you’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” That’s why,
no matter what your age is, you should never stop educating yourself and
learning interesting facts. From researching captivating topics in your
spare time to studying random historical events that have taken place, that’s
how wisdom is acquired.
Like Dr. Seuss once
said, “There are so many things you can learn about, but you’ll miss the best
things if you keep your eyes shut.” That’s why, no matter what your age is, you
should never stop educating yourself and learning interesting facts.
From researching captivating topics in your spare time to studying random
historical events that have taken place, that’s how wisdom is acquired.
You’ll discover that the world is full of unique and
extraordinary things that you never knew about before. And before you know it,
your mind will be full of the most fun and entertaining information. To help
you get started, Parade rounded up 150 remarkable facts. We
broke them up into sections for adults and kids; however, don’t let that keep
you from reading both
lists.
Once you’re finished, one thing’s for sure—nobody will ever
be bored talking to you. Instead, they’ll be super impressed. So, what are you
waiting for? Check out all the fun facts below.
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Fun and
Interesting Facts for Adults and Kids
1. You can get cell phone service at Everest Base Camp.
2. The Eiffel
Tower can grow up to six inches taller in the summer due to thermal
expansion, which causes the iron in its structure to expand.
3. The Scottish language has 421 words for “snow.”
4. A blue whale’s tongue can weigh up to 8,000 pounds,
which is about the same amount as a female African elephant.
5. Tennessee and Missouri are the only states in the United
States that share borders with eight other states.
6. Potatoes were the first vegetable to be grown in space.
They were grown in 1995 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.
7. In 1968, Robert P. McCulloch bought the London Bridge
and moved it from England to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
8. The full name of Los Angeles is “El Pueblo de Nuestra
Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
9. Bananas will grow blue if they are under a black light.
10. Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes,
while dolphins can only hold theirs for around 10 minutes.
11. Cutting down a cactus in Arizona is a “class 4 felony”
punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
12. Wearing headphones for just an hour can increase the
bacteria in your ears by 700 times.
13. Around 12% of people only dream in black and white.
14. From 1886 to 1902, the Statue of Liberty was a federal lighthouse.
15. On a clear day, you can see Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin and Michigan from the Skydeck of Chicago’s Willis Tower.
16. The longest walking road is from Cape Town, South
Africa, to Magadan, Russia, and is 14,334 miles long.
17. Due to plate tectonics, Alaska moves almost three
inches closer to Hawaii each year.
18. A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the Sun at
50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
19. Germany is estimated to have 25,000 castles.
20. Bangkok, Thailand, holds the record for the world’s
longest name, which is actually “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin
Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet
Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.”
21. A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed Wendy’s in 2005.
22. A large hurricane releases the same amount of energy in
one single second as 10 atomic bombs.
23. NFL Super Bowl referees also receive Super Bowl rings.
24. Eyelashes fall out as part of their natural growth
cycle around every 100-150 days.
25. Peanut oil is one of the key ingredients in dynamite.
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26. A woman’s heart rate is faster than a man’s.
27. The Anglo-Zanzibar War took place in 1896 and was the
shortest war in history, lasting less than one hour.
28. The full Bible has
been translated into over 3,000 languages. Among those include fictional
languages, like Elvish.
29. Pineapple plants take around two years to grow to their
full size.
30. Plastic takes around 450 years to decompose.
31. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.
32. Humans have 99.9% of the same DNA sequence.
33. If a person eats too many carrots, their skin will turn orange.
34. Water freezes fastest when it’s warm, not cold.
35. The tiny pockets in jeans were originally designed to
store pocket watches.
36. Times Square was originally known as “Longacre Square.”
37. The script for the movie The Terminator was
sold for just $1.
38. The Pope can’t be an organ donor.
39. It snows metal on Venus.
40. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is tilted because of the soft
soil that it’s built on.
41. Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a
million people who live in nuclear bunkers from the Cold War era.
42. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of Mona Lisa was stolen
from the Louvre in 1911.
43. If a person has a fear of long words, it’s called
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
44. Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by
7.5%.
45. No number before 1,000 contains the letter “A” when
spelled out.
46. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
47. Alaska has the longest coastline in the United States
at 6,640 miles.
48. Newborn babies only see black and white and shades of
gray when they are first born.
49. The average cloud weighs around 1.1 million pounds,
which is about 100 elephants.
50. Daniel Craig was an anonymous Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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51. A human brain burns around 400-500 calories each day.
52. Australia is wider than the moon. The moon is about
3,400 kilometers in diameter, while Australia’s diameter is almost 4,000
kilometers from east to west.
53. Cruise ships have morgues that can hold up to 10 bodies
at a time.
54. Africa is the only continent in all four hemispheres.
55. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2
million by writing a check.
56. Copper door knobs are self-disinfecting because of the
oligodynamic effect.
57. Maine is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name.
58. The first movie ever released as a motion picture
soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
59. Stickers found on fruit in the grocery store are edible
and use FDA-regulated glue.
60. Mount Rushmore took 14 years to build.
61. Tic Tacs got their name from the sound the mints make
when shaken in their container.
62. The flashes of colored light you see when you rub your
eyes are actually called “phosphenes.”
63. There are 293 different ways you can make change for a
U.S. dollar if you include half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies and
dollar coins.
64. Google Images was created as a result of Jennifer Lopez wearing a low-cut green dress to the
2000 Grammys.
65. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
66. A silverback gorilla is capable of lifting upwards of
1,763 pounds!
67. On average, most golf balls have 336 dimples.
68. Bats are the only mammals capable of flying.
69. Thomas
Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other on July
4, 1826.
70. Antarctica is home to the world’s biggest desert.
71. Chalk is comprised of fossils.
72. Marine organisms produce over half of the world’s
oxygen.
73. Around 10% of the world’s population is left-handed.
74. Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world.
75. A group of owls is called a parliament.
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76. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
77. Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn.
78. A shrimp’s heart isn’t in its chest; it’s located near
the bottom of its head.
79. Even though there are several different colors of Froot
Loops, they are all the same flavor.
80. Cat pee glows under a black light.
81. A human foot has 26 bones.
82. A single strand of spaghetti is called a “spaghetti.”
83. It’s possible for animals to be allergic to humans.
84. Ruby-throated hummingbirds flap their wings 200 times
per second.
85. Apples float in water.
86. A baby panda is smaller than a mouse when it’s born.
87. The red Sour Patch Kid is the same exact candy as a
Swedish Fish, but in a different shape and with a sour coating.
88. Bubble wrap was originally invented to be textured
wallpaper.
89. In 2014, McDonald’s created bubble gum-flavored broccoli in
an effort to make kids like the veggie more; however, it never made it to the
menu.
90. The world’s largest ocean is
the Pacific Ocean.
91. About 10% of a cat’s bones are in its tail.
92. Caterpillars have 12 tiny eyes.
93. Human teeth are as strong as a shark’s teeth, just not
as sharp.
94. Starfish do not have brains.
95. Identical twins don’t have the same fingerprints.
96. Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
97. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times each minute on
Earth.
98. The real name for a hashtag is octothorpe.
99. The Moon can
experience moonquakes, which are similar to earthquakes but can last for hours.
100. About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun.
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101. One day on Neptune is
only 16 hours long, while one day on Earth is 24 hours.
102. Sesame Street’s “Oscar the
Grouch” wasn’t always green. During the first season of the show, he was
actually orange.
103. Play-Doh was originally used as a wallpaper cleaner.
104. The White House has its own 42-seat movie theater
called the Family Theater.
105. Crabs have taste buds on their feet.
106. An octopus has three hearts.
107. There is only one letter that doesn’t appear in any US
state name. That letter is “Q.”
108. Buzz Lightyear’s original name was going to be Lunar
Larry.
109. Giant pandas eat around 28 pounds of bamboo each day.
110. The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse is
Charles Entertainment Cheese.
111. Lemons float, but limes sink.
112. In South Dakota, you can get a driver’s permit at age
14 with parental consent.
113. Strawberries are the only fruit that has its seeds on
the outside.
114. There are more stars in the universe than there are
grains of sand on Earth.
115. J.K.
Rowling’s original Harry
Potter pitch was rejected by 12 publishers.
116. Kangaroos are unable to walk backward.
117. There are over 11,000 known species of grass around
the world.
118. Ant queens can live for up to 30 years.
119. Crocodiles can’t stick out their tongues.
120. Venus is the only planet that
spins clockwise.
121. An ostrich’s eyes are larger than its brain.
122. Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
123. Some land snails can sleep for up to three years at a
time.
124. A sneeze travels at about 100 miles per hour.
125. Honey never spoils.
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126. Dogs can smell 100,000 times better than a human
can.
127. A female cow produces about 200,000 glasses of milk in
her lifetime.
128. In 2023, the world’s largest pizza was
made in Los Angeles, California. It measured 13,957.77 ft² and
weighed 13,653 pounds.
129. The tradition of carving pumpkins into
Jack-o’-Lanterns began in Ireland with turnips and potatoes.
130. Zebras have only one toe on each foot.
131. Your nose doesn’t grow like Pinocchio’s when you lie,
but it can feel warmer.
132. Each star is a different color, determined by its
temperature.
133. On Mars,
sunsets appear blue.
134. Giant sequoia trees in California can grow to be as
tall as a 26-story building.
135. Rainbows are actually full circles.
136. Fish can cough to clean their gills from dirt
particles and bacteria.
137. Snakes can sense earthquakes from up to 75 miles away.
138. Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.
139. Ants can lift and carry 50 times their own weight.
140. Starfish are like superheroes and can grow back lost
arms.
141. Horses can take naps standing up.
142. In Japan, they grow square watermelons.
143. Some butterflies can fly up to 30 miles per hour.
144. There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in
the world.
145. Brown bears can run up to 35 miles per hour.
146. The winds on Neptune reach speeds of 1,200+ mph.
147. Dogs can only sweat through their paws.
148. Greenland is the world’s biggest island.
149. When they are first born, babies have more bones than
adults.
150. Golf was the first sport played on the Moon.
Interesting WTF
Facts
1. Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
2. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on
TV.
3. Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which patients
believe they are a cow.
4. Camels have three eyelids.
5. There is a McDonald’s on every continent except
Antarctica.
6. Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
7. In South Korea, there is an emergency number to report
suspected spies (it’s 113!).
8. Cats can make more than 100 vocalizations.
9. Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Ogilvie Maurice
Wentworth Hedgehog.
10. The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans by
about 10 to 1.
Interesting WTF
Facts
1. Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
2. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on
TV.
3. Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which patients
believe they are a cow.
4. Camels have three eyelids.
5. There is a McDonald’s on every continent except
Antarctica.
6. Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
7. In South Korea, there is an emergency number to report
suspected spies (it’s 113!).
8. Cats can make more than 100 vocalizations.
9. Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Ogilvie Maurice
Wentworth Hedgehog.
10. The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans by
about 10 to 1.
11. Most toilet paper sold in France is pink.
12. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
13. The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
14. Children tend to grow faster in the spring.
15. Sliced bread was invented a year after the invention of
TV.
16. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will
eventually turn white.
17. Bullfrogs do not sleep.
18. A snail breathes through its foot.
19. Fish cough.
20. It took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube one
month to solve the cube after he created it.
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21. Japanese square watermelons aren’t edible. They are
purely ornamental!
22. An ant’s sense of smell is stronger than a dog’s.
23. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. The
stripes are like fingerprints—no two tigers have the same pattern.
24. Elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump.
25. Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they
are swimming near each other.
26. Canned baked beans aren’t baked but stewed.
27. Despite their hump, camels have straight spines.
28. Sunsets on Mars are
blue.
29. Digging a hole to China is actually possible if you
start in Argentina.
30. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
31. A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
32. Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.
33. The Boston Marathon didn’t allow female runners until
1972.
34. Pigs can get sunburned.
35. A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion
math calculations.
36. “Bluetooth” technology was named after a 10th-century
king, King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson. He united Denmark and Norway, just like
the technology united computers and cell phones.
37. There are 19 different animal shapes in the animal
cracker zoo.
38. Hart Island is the final burial place for over a
million of New York City’s unclaimed bodies.
39. There’s a river called “Big Ugly Creek” in West
Virginia.
40. You share your birthday with
at least 9 million other people in the world.
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41. No piece of A4 paper can be folded more than 7 times.
42. In Slovakia, they have Christmas carp that live in the
bathtub for a few days before they are eaten.
43. There are 119 grooves on a quarter.
44. The state of Ohio gives out different colored license
plates for those with a DUI conviction.
45. People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain
shutting down the reflex.
46. Alaska has more caribou than people.
47. Oysters can change from one gender to another (and back
again).
48. Dead people can get goosebumps.
49. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
50. A ten-gallon hat holds less than one gallon of liquid.
51. The average raindrop falls at 7 mph.
52. Guy Fawkes is the reason men are called “guys.”
53. Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.
54. A giant squid has eyes the size of a volleyball.
55. The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in their
lifetime.
56. Some banks have therapists known as “wealth
psychologists” who help clients who are unable to mentally cope with their
immense wealth.
57. Dogs have been banned from Antarctica since April 1994
out of concern that dogs might spread diseases to seals.
58. Smelling apples or
bananas can help you lose weight.
59. In 1998, more than 50% of Iceland’s population believed
in the existence of elves.
60. The hummingbird is the only bird that
can fly backward.
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61. Beavers were once the size of bears.
62. A pigeon’s feathers weigh more than their bones.
63. A crocodile can’t move its tongue.
64. Honeybees navigate using the Sun as
their compass.
65. If you sneeze traveling 60 mph, your eyes are closed
for an average of 50 feet.
66. Hawaii and California are the only American states to
grow coffee commercially.
67. The square dance is the official state dance of
Washington.
68. When dinosaurs roamed the earth, volcanos were erupting
on the Moon.
69. The only letters that don’t appear on the periodic
table are J and Q.
70. A single strand of spaghetti is called a “spaghetto.”
71. At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.
72. In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack
mid-race. His horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only
jockey to win a race after death.
73. In order to protect themselves from poachers, African
elephants have been evolving without tusks.
74. In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a
typhus outbreak that saved more than 8,000 people.
75. The spiked dog collar was invented by the ancient
Greeks to protect their dogs from wolf attacks.
76. German chocolate cake is named after an American baker
named Samuel German.
77. During World War II, Germany planned to collapse the
British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London.
78. The youngest pope in history was Pope Benedict IX. He
is also the only person to have been the pope more than once.
79. The tallest man in recorded history was 8’11.
80. IKEA is an acronym that stands for Ingvar Kamprad
Elmtaryd Agunnaryd: the founder’s name, the farm where he grew up, and his
hometown.
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81. There is a town in Nebraska called Monowi with a
population of one. The only resident is a woman who serves as mayor, bartender
and librarian.
82. The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant
oils, bacteria and ozone.
83. Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with a liquid
secreted from beavers’ castor glands.
84. The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman
tomb. It was more than 1,650 years old.
85. In 2016, Domino’s tested pizza delivery
via reindeer in Japan.
86. Helen Keller is related to Robert E. Lee—her
paternal grandfather was his second cousin.
87. Starfish don’t have blood. They circulate nutrients by
using seawater in their vascular system.
88. Adult cats only meow at humans, not other cats.
89. Video games have been found to be more effective at
battling depression than some kinds of therapy.
90. It’s a common belief in Russia that eating ice cream
will keep you warm.
91. Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are around one
million people who live in nuclear bunkers.
92. A study from Harvard University finds that having no
friends can be just as deadly as smoking. Both affect levels of a blood
clotting protein.
93. All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts
are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
94. Garlic is known to attract leeches.
95. New York City mob boss Vincent Gigante used to avoid
arrest by wandering around in his bathrobe to convince the police he was
insane.
96. Bubble wrap was originally invented to be a kind of
plastic wallpaper.
97. Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of
Representatives four years before women had won the right to vote.
98. In the Netherlands’ version of Sesame Street,
there’s a bluebird named Pino instead of Big Bird. Pino was later introduced as
Big Bird’s cousin.
99. Portions of the Bible have been translated into more than 3,300
languages. Among those include fictional languages, like Elvish, Klingon and
Na’vi.
100. The longest hiccup in history lasted for more than 60
years after it began.
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1. Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita.
2. Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an
earthquake.
3. Pope John Paul II was made an honorary Harlem
Globetrotter.
4. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens
each year.
5. There’s a city named “Rome” on every continent
except Antarctica.
6. Quebec City is the only walled city in North America
north of Mexico.
7. Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die
Hard when he was in his 70s.
8. New Jersey is the top producer of the world’s
eggplants.
9. Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.
10. Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old
cousin.
11. There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog
bone named “Kleopatra.”
12. There are about the same number of stars in the observable universe as
there are grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches.
13. Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
14. It’s estimated that Americans eat 50 billion hamburgers each year.
15. Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first class.
16. Close to 70 percent of the world’s freshwater is held
in glaciers and ice sheets.
17. Australia is “technically” wider than the Moon.
18. If added together, humans spend about two weeks of
their lifetimes kissing.
19. Massachusetts is home to Busta Rhymes Island.
20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253
miles per hour.
21. Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the
world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back to 9,000 years
ago!
22. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture
dealer.
23. Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.
24. The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.
25. Twins are becoming more and more common.
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26. Dolphins give each other names.
27. A cat’s ear contains 32 muscles.
28. The closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex are
the chicken and the ostrich.
29. Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues, but
alligators can.
30. Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.
31. Camels were previously imported to Arizona in 1856 and
1857.
32. Snails sleep for periods of 13 to 15 hours. Some
hibernation-like periods can last years.
33. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch
tongue.
34. Most pandas around the world are on loan from
China.
35. Sloths can hold their breath longer than
dolphins.
36. Sharks are the only fish that can blink with both
eyes.
37. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
38. The lifespan of a dragonfly ranges from around a week
to eight weeks.
39. The chicken came before the egg, according to the Bible. (Finally, an answer!)
40. It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs, but they’d prefer
not to go downstairs.
41. Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn’t bark (they
“yodel”).
42. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the
Bible is the cat.
43. Ravens know when someone is spying on them.
(Yikes!)
44. The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head allows
them to see all four feet at all times.
45. Giraffes can go longer without water than camels.
46. Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly
backward.
47. Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
48. Due to a genetic defect, cats can’t taste sweet
things.
49. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
50. Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.
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51. An average of 3.6 cans of SPAM are consumed each
second.
52. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected
intravenously.
53. Junk food can actually be addictive.
54. If every Oreo ever made were lined up, it would reach the moon and back more than five
times.
55. Apple seeds contain cyanide.
56. In the 1830s, ketchup was used as medicine to treat
such ailments as diarrhea, indigestion and jaundice.
57. Four out of five children are able to recognize
the McDonald’s logo by the age of three.
58. A banana is considered a berry.
59. The combined work of the entire lives of 12 bees
accumulates to one single teaspoon of honey.
60. The largest scrambled eggs ever made weighed 6,860.8 pounds.
61. Peanut butter can be turned into diamonds.
62. In 2021, three French men, Morgan Niquet, François
Robin and Julien Serri, set the record for the most varieties of cheeses on
a pizza. They used 834 different types of cheese!
63. On average, Americans eat a combined amount of 100 acres of pizza every day.
64. Honey doesn’t go bad (as long as it’s stored properly).
65. A lot of oranges are actually green.
66. Pound cake originally included a pound of each of its
ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.
67. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio
Magellan Crunch.
68. Dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure.
69. Salt was once used as a currency.
70. A third of the calories in broccoli come
from protein
71. Strawberries are not technically considered berries.
72. Caesar salad originated in the Mexican city of
Tijuana.
73. Pistachios, cashews and almonds are closer to fruits than nuts.
They are classified as “drupes” which are fruits that are fleshy on the
outside and contain a shell covering a seed on the inside.
74. SPAM is
short for “spiced ham.”
75. Sandwiches were created because the Earl of
Sandwich, John Montagu, did not want to put his cards down while gambling
(on a 24-hour streak!) to eat.
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76. Venus is the only planet in
our solar system that rotates clockwise.
77. The average person has four to six dreams a night.
78. Our stomachs produce a new layer of mucus every two
weeks, so they don’t digest themselves.
79. The Sun makes
up more than 99 percent of our solar system’s mass.
80. Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant
hand.
81. The opposite sides of a die will always add up to
seven.
82. A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of
five standard pickup trucks.
83. Competitive art used to be part of the Olympic Games.
84. Etch-a-Sketch sales increased after the Toy
Story movie.
85. The human brain is about 60 percent fat.
86. Women blink almost twice as much as men.
87. The tallest supported bamboo sculpture is more than 164
feet high.
88. Men hiccup more than women.
89. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
90. Riding a roller coaster can help you pass a (small)
kidney stone faster.
91. A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes
than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined. In other words, the “heat” from
a hurricane would be proportional to exploding a 10-megaton nuke every 20
minutes.
92. Messages from your brain travel along your nerves
at 100 miles per hour. Some nerve signals are even faster and can reach up to
300 miles per hour.
93. Mulan has the highest kill count of
any Disney character.
94. Sweat doesn’t smell bad; the combination of water, fat,
and salt mixed with bacteria does.
95. The fear of beards is called pogonophobia.
96. Women have more tastebuds and can see more colors than
men.
97. Marie Curie’s 100-year-old belongings are still
radioactive.
98. A standard Slinky contains 67 feet of metal and can be
stretched to 15 feet without deforming.
99. Jupiter is
twice as large as all the other planets combined.
100. Nuclear scientist Lonnie Johnson, who worked for NASA,
invented the Super Soaker.
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101. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the only English
word ending in “mt” is “dreamt”.
102. The word “nerd” was invented by Dr.
Seuss.
103. The pound sign (or hashtag for the Gen
Z crowd) is called an octothorpe.
104. “Go!” is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
105. “Typewriter” is the longest word you can type
using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
106. Sleeping through summer is called “estivation”.
107. About 1,000 words are added to the dictionary each
year.
108. Punctuation wasn’t always a part of our written
language. It was introduced by Greek playwrights to indicate when actors should
pause.
109. A group of hippos is referred to as a “bloat”. Other
terms for a group of hippos are a herd, thunder or sea.
110. People used to answer the phone with “ahoy” instead of
“hello,” as Alexander Graham Bell suggested.
111. “Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its
letters in reverse alphabetical order.
112. The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
113. “Schoolmaster” is an anagram of “the classroom”.
114. English is the second most spoken language, with over
840 million people who speak it as either a first or second language. The most
spoken language is Mandarin.
115. Remnants of liquor left in the bottom of a glass are
referred to as the “heeltap.” When a toast is ended with “and no heel-taps!” it
means to drain every last drop.
116. The most common adjective used in English is “good”.
117. A group of crows is a “murder”.
118. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
119. The word “set” has the highest number of
definitions—430+ according to the Second Edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary!
120. There are over 150 different dialects of English
spoken throughout the world, 30 in the U.S. alone.
121. “Lol” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in
2011.
122. The word “goodbye” comes from an Old English phrase
meaning “God be with you”.
123. More than 80% of the information stored on
computers worldwide is in English.
124. A quarter of the world’s population speaks at least a
little English.
125. “White meat” originally referred to dairy products
such as milk, butter and cheese.
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126. The world record for most T-shirts worn at once is
260.
127. The lighter was invented three years before the match.
128. Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row of a
keyboard.
129. A “jiffy” is about one trillionth of a second.
130. In most advertisements of watches, the displayed time
is 10:10. This allows for easy viewing of most logos as well as heightened
sales due to its resemblance of a smile on
the watch’s face.
131. Movie trailers were originally shown at the end
of movies, hence the name trailer. They were moved to the
beginning because most of the audience left after the feature film.
132. The number of dimples on a regulation golf ball
is 336.
133. Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004 but got back together
in 2011. (Phew!)
134. More people fear spiders than they do death.
135. One lick of a stamp results in the consumption of
one-tenth of a calorie.
136. Most adults spend more time on the toilet than they do
exercising.
137. Humans produce about six pounds of stool per
week.
138. About 35 percent of people who use personal ads
or online apps for dating are already married.
139. Bob
Ross was introduced to painting via the U.S. Air Force.
140. The only part of the human body that can’t repair
itself is the teeth.
141. The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to
himself in 1971.
142. A dentist invented the electric chair.
143. Since they’re such social creatures and require
interaction to be happy, it’s illegal in Switzerland to own just one guinea
pig!
144. The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards
without a mustache.
145. The inventor of Pringles is
buried in a Pringles can.
146. More Monopoly money is printed in a year than
real money throughout the United States.
147. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
148. The footprints made on the Moon can last up to 100
million years.
149. A piece of paper can be folded in half no more
than 7 times.
150. Human eyeballs grow very little after birth.
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Your nose is always visible to you, but your brain ignores
it through a process
called Unconscious Selective Attention.
Donkey Kong got
his name because his creator believed “donkey” meant “stupid” in English and
wanted to convey the impression that the character was a “Stupid Ape.”
More than
1/5 of all the calories consumed by humans worldwide is provided by rice alone.
People can have a psychological
disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. They
try to live their life as a cow.
The name for the shape of Pringles is
called a “Hyperbolic Paraboloid.”
There is a
McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica.
Overall, there are more than 36,000
McDonald’s restaurants spread out across the globe.
While this number is
incredibly high, it makes perfect sense considering that this favorite
fast-food ranks as the second-largest fast-food restaurant chain in the world!
The first McDonald’s to open outside of the
USA commenced operations on June 3, 1967, in Richmond, Canada.
Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be
advertised on TV.
A duel between three people is actually
called a truel.
The stage before frostbite is called
“frostnip.”
The two
tiny holes in every BIC pen ensure that the air pressure is the same both
inside and outside the pen, which helps the ink flow to the tip.
In
South Korea, there is an emergency number (113) to report spies.
Japan is
facing a ninja shortage. There is a high demand for “ninja shows,” but it is a
dying tradition, and companies have trouble finding properly trained ninjas.
The process by which bread toasts is called
the “Maillard Reaction.”
“Weird
Al” Yankovic wrote “Albuquerque” to be as a joke specifically to “annoy people
for 12 minutes.” It ended up becoming one of his most popular songs.
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was not a man in a suit; it was
actually a giant puppet.
Sonic the
Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.
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Donkey Kong got his name because his
creator believed “donkey” meant “stupid” in English and wanted to convey the
impression that the character was a “Stupid Ape.”
More than 1/5 of all the calories
consumed by humans worldwide is provided by rice alone.
People can have a psychological
disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. They
try to live their life as a cow.
The name for the shape of Pringles is
called a “Hyperbolic Paraboloid.”
There is a
McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica.
Overall, there are more than 36,000 McDonald’s restaurants
spread out across the globe.
While this number is incredibly high, it makes perfect
sense considering that this favorite fast-food ranks as the second-largest
fast-food restaurant chain in the world!
The first McDonald’s to open outside of the USA commenced
operations on June 3, 1967, in Richmond, Canada.
Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be
advertised on TV.
A duel between three people is
actually called a truel.
The stage before frostbite is called
“frostnip.”
The two tiny holes in every BIC pen
ensure that the air pressure is the same both inside and outside the pen, which
helps the ink flow to the tip.
In South Korea, there is an emergency
number (113) to report spies.
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Japan is facing a ninja shortage.
There is a high demand for “ninja shows,” but it is a dying tradition, and
companies have trouble finding properly trained ninjas.
The process by which bread toasts is
called the “Maillard Reaction.”
“Weird Al” Yankovic wrote
“Albuquerque” to be as a joke specifically to “annoy people for 12 minutes.” It
ended up becoming one of his most popular songs.
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was not a man in a suit; it was
actually a giant puppet.
Sonic the
Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.
This is a bit of a contentious one, though, as some fans
claim that it isn’t canon. This is because Sonic’s full name was never
published.
Archie Comics, who publish two different
Sonic comics, released a comic that mentions that Sonic’s middle name is MOne
of the Archie Comic writers has since shared that Sonic’s first name is
actually Ogilvie.
Fans disagree, as they say, that Archie
Comic’s Sonic isn’t true canon, only the video games and the Japanese manga are.
Even though Froot Loops are different colors, they all have
exactly the same flavor.
The first
roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After people found that
it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for
a few cents.
Maurice but never mentioned his first name.
One of the Archie Comic writers has since
shared that Sonic’s first name is actually Ogilvie.
Fans disagree, as they say, that Archie
Comic’s Sonic isn’t true canon, only the video games and the Japanese manga are.
Even though Froot Loops are different colors, they all have
exactly the same flavor.
The first
roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After people found that
it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for
a few cents.
Most
toilet paper sold for home use in France is pink.
Marmite was one of the most confiscated
items at airports from the U.K. – to overcome this issue, Marmite made smaller
ones for traveling.
Warner Bros canceled “Home Alone” because they didn’t want to spend $14 million on it.
21st Century Fox continued the production, and the film grossed $476 million
worldwide.
Cards
Against Humanity bought an island in Maine to preserve wildlife. It is called Hawaii 2.
In 1862, the King of Siam offered
Abraham Lincoln many elephants on the grounds that a “Country as great as the
United States should not be without elephants.” Lincoln politely declined.
The television was invented only two
years after the invention of sliced bread.
Bullfrogs do not sleep.
The dark region on
the north pole of Pluto’s moon, Charon, is called Mordor.
In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto, the formerly ninth planet in our
solar system.
NASA called on the
general public to aid them in giving names to the many new features of Pluto
they expected to find, and the general public certainly didn’t disappoint.
Not only did they name a dark spot on
Charon’s moon after Sauron’s holdout in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, but they
also named a dark spot on Pluto’s south pole Cthulu from H.P. Lovecraft’s
Cthulu Mythos!
Eight of the ten largest statues in the
world are of Buddhas.
In 2015, a silver coin with Superman on the
head side was made, which is legal tender in Canada. There were only 350,000
produced.
It took
the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the cube
after creating it; as of June 2018, the world record is 4.22 seconds.
Japanese
square watermelons are ornamental plants and are not
edible.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped
fur. The stripes are like fingerprints, and no two tigers have the same
pattern.
Ketchup
originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and
spices called “ke-chiap.”
In Morse Code -.- means k.
In 2005, a fortune cookie company
called Wonton Food Inc. correctly foretold lottery numbers, resulting in 110
winners and an investigation. No fraud was involved.
Two PlayStation 1 games, FIFA
2001 and Gran Turismo 2, have scratch & sniff
discs. The FIFA 2001 smelled like a soccer field, while Gran
Turismo 2 smelled like car tires.
Mexico’s
presidential palace is 14 times larger than the White House and started
allowing visitors for the first time in 2018.
From 1935 to 2018, the Los Pinos
presidential palace was the official place of residence for Mexico’s presidents
and was closed off to any who weren’t expressly invited.
This changed in 2018
when Andres Manuel López Obrador was elected the Mexican President, winning his
campaign on the back of promises to fight corruption.
As a gesture of goodwill, he chose not to
move into the palace, instead simply living in a small apartment in Mexico
City’s central district.
To give you an idea of what the Mexican
president gave up, the presidential palace covers 603,000 square feet (56,000
square meters).
Boeing
uses potatoes to test their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they
reflect and absorb the signals similarly to people. The project is called
Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution- or SPUDS.
In 2014,
Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data!
The collars on men’s dress shirts used to be
detachable. This was to save on laundry costs as the collar was the part that
needed cleaning the most frequently.
There’s a flower that smells like chocolate!
Native to Mexico, this dark red flower is not edible. It’s a variety of cosmos called “cosmos atrosanguineus” or
“chocolate cosmos.”
In 2014,
a missing woman on vacation in Iceland was found when it was discovered that
she was in the search party looking for herself.
If you
sneeze while traveling at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for an average of 50
feet.
Your tonsils could grow back if there were
tissue left behind during the removal process. Sometimes it’s accidental; other
times, it’s left on purpose.
Alligators will give manatees the right of
way if they are swimming near each other.
Crystal –
the monkey from The Hangover 2 and Night at the Museum, has her own IMDB page!
Although the TV
show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was
filmed in California.
Whether you love it or hate it, Friends was
one of the most iconic TV shows to come out of the nineties and early 2000s.
One of the most surprising facts about
Friends is that it wasn’t filmed in Manhattan, where it’s set, but at the
Warner Brothers Ranch just outside of Los Angeles.
That being said,
there are actually a small handful of locations where filming took place
outside of LA.
One of these is, of course, Monica and
Rachel’s apartment building at 90 Bedford St in New York.
A number of other locations filmed in New
York for the serious include the places where the friends all work.
Magpies are considered one of the most
intelligent animals in the world and the only non-mammal species able to
recognize themselves in a mirror test.
Expedia.com,
Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Trivago, Travelocity, and Orbitz are all owned by the
same company, Expedia Inc.
The world
record for the longest human chain (holding hands) is 652.4 miles, and it
consisted of 5 million people in Bangladesh as part of a campaign.
Baked beans are actually not baked but
stewed.
Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is
the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
The most
popular item at Walmart is bananas. They sell more bananas than any other
single item they have in stock.
Sunsets on Mars are blue.
“lbs” comes from the Latin word
“libra,” which means “pound.”
The small indents in the bottom of
frozen pizzas are there to prevent air bubbles from forming inside the dough.
The term “footage”
comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of
filmmaking.
Why footage got its name is one of those
questions that you have when taking a long shower or when you’re just starting
to drift off to sleep.
Fortunately, we have
the answer for you and even an explanation!
Back in the day, when movies were released
without audio, they used to use 35mm film.
During this era, the film was measured out
and cut into foot-long (0.3 m) strips, which contained 16 frames in each.
One foot of 35mm film was just one second of
screen time. The amount of seconds in a film naturally became known as the
footage.
In 2005,
Mark Zuckerberg unsuccessfully tried to sell Facebook for $75 million. Back
then, it was called TheFacebook.
There is
an opposite of albino animals, which aren’t white, but black. These are known
as Melanistic animals.
In 2016, a student left a pineapple in an
art museum in Scotland. Two days later, it had been placed in a glass case as
part of an exhibition.
The first film with a $100 million budget
was True
Lies, which was made in 1994.
“Digging
a hole to China” is theoretically possible if you start in Argentina.
Researchers
found fossils of a “Mega Penguin” that stood over 6 feet tall and weighed in at
over 250 pounds.
Strawberries can also be white or yellow,
and some can even taste like pineapples!
The term “brah” is Hawaiian pidgin, short
for brahdah (brother), and was popularized by surf culture.
As of 1998, over 50% of Iceland’s population
believed in the existence of elves.
The Boston
Marathon didn’t allow female runners until 1972.
The first woman to finish the Boston
Marathon, Roberta Gibb, actually ran the race a few years earlier in 1966.
She hid in some
bushes until the race started to avoid detection and then ran the marathon
without any official sanction.
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Donkey Kong got his name because his
creator believed “donkey” meant “stupid” in English and wanted to convey the
impression that the character was a “Stupid Ape.”
More than 1/5 of all the calories
consumed by humans worldwide is provided by rice alone.
People can have a psychological
disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. They
try to live their life as a cow.
The name for the shape of Pringles is
called a “Hyperbolic Paraboloid.”
There is a
McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica.
Overall, there are more than 36,000 McDonald’s restaurants
spread out across the globe.
While this number is incredibly high, it makes perfect
sense considering that this favorite fast-food ranks as the second-largest
fast-food restaurant chain in the world!
The first McDonald’s to open outside of the USA commenced
operations on June 3, 1967, in Richmond, Canada.
Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be
advertised on TV.
A duel between three people is
actually called a truel.
The stage before frostbite is called
“frostnip.”
The two tiny holes in every BIC pen
ensure that the air pressure is the same both inside and outside the pen, which
helps the ink flow to the tip.
In South Korea, there is an emergency
number (113) to report spies.
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Japan is facing a ninja shortage.
There is a high demand for “ninja shows,” but it is a dying tradition, and
companies have trouble finding properly trained ninjas.
The process by which bread toasts is
called the “Maillard Reaction.”
“Weird Al” Yankovic wrote
“Albuquerque” to be as a joke specifically to “annoy people for 12 minutes.” It
ended up becoming one of his most popular songs.
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was not a man in a suit; it was
actually a giant puppet.
Sonic the
Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.
This is a bit of a contentious one, though, as some fans
claim that it isn’t canon. This is because Sonic’s full name was never
published.
Archie Comics, who publish two different Sonic comics,
released a comic that mentions that Sonic’s middle name is Maurice but never
mentioned his first name.
One of the Archie Comic writers has since shared that
Sonic’s first name is actually Ogilvie.
Fans disagree, as they say, that Archie Comic’s Sonic isn’t
true canon, only the video games and
the Japanese manga are.
Even though Froot Loops are
different colors, they all have exactly the same flavor.
The first roller coaster was used to
transport coal down a hill. After people found that it could reach speeds up to
50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for a few cents.
Most toilet paper sold for home use in
France is pink.
Marmite was one of the most
confiscated items at airports from the U.K. – to overcome this issue, Marmite
made smaller ones for traveling.
Warner Bros canceled “Home Alone”
because they didn’t want to spend $14 million on it. 21st Century Fox continued
the production, and the film grossed $476 million worldwide.
Cards Against Humanity bought an
island in Maine to
preserve wildlife. It is called Hawaii 2.
In 1862, the King of Siam offered
Abraham Lincoln many elephants on the grounds that a “Country as great as the
United States should not be without elephants.” Lincoln politely declined.
The television was invented only two
years after the invention of sliced bread.
Bullfrogs do not sleep.
The dark region on
the north pole of Pluto’s moon, Charon, is called Mordor.
In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft became the
first spacecraft to fly past Pluto, the formerly ninth planet in our solar
system.
NASA called on the general public to aid them in giving
names to the many new features of Pluto they expected to find, and the general
public certainly didn’t disappoint.
Not only did they name a dark spot on Charon’s moon after
Sauron’s holdout in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, but they also named a dark
spot on Pluto’s south pole Cthulu from H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu Mythos!
Eight of the ten largest statues in
the world are of Buddhas.
In 2015, a silver coin with Superman
on the head side was made, which is legal tender in Canada. There were only
350,000 produced.
It took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve
the cube after creating it; as of June 2018, the world record is 4.22 seconds.
Japanese square watermelons are
ornamental plants and are not edible.
Tigers have striped skin, not just
striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints, and no two tigers have the same
pattern.
Ketchup originated in China as a
boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called “ke-chiap.”
In Morse Code -.- means k.
In 2005, a fortune cookie company
called Wonton Food Inc. correctly foretold lottery numbers, resulting in 110
winners and an investigation. No fraud was involved.
Two PlayStation 1 games, FIFA
2001 and Gran Turismo 2, have scratch & sniff
discs. The FIFA 2001 smelled like a soccer field, while Gran
Turismo 2 smelled like car tires.
Mexico’s
presidential palace is 14 times larger than the White House and started
allowing visitors for the first time in 2018.
From 1935 to 2018, the Los Pinos presidential palace was
the official place of residence for Mexico’s presidents and was closed off to
any who weren’t expressly invited.
This changed in 2018 when Andres Manuel López Obrador was
elected the Mexican President, winning his campaign on the back of promises to
fight corruption.
As a gesture of goodwill, he chose not to move into the
palace, instead simply living in a small apartment in Mexico City’s central
district.
To give you an idea of what the Mexican president gave up,
the presidential palace covers 603,000 square feet (56,000 square meters).
Boeing uses potatoes to test
their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they reflect and absorb the signals similarly to
people. The project is called Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution-
or SPUDS.
In 2014, Sony made a cassette tape
that can store 185TB of data!
The collars on men’s dress shirts used
to be detachable. This was to save on laundry costs as the collar was the part
that needed cleaning the most frequently.
There’s a flower that smells like
chocolate! Native to Mexico, this dark red flower is not edible. It’s a variety
of cosmos called
“cosmos atrosanguineus” or “chocolate cosmos.”
In 2014, a missing woman on vacation
in Iceland was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party
looking for herself.
If you sneeze while traveling at 60
mph, your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.
Your tonsils could grow back if there
were tissue left behind during the removal process. Sometimes it’s accidental;
other times, it’s left on purpose.
Alligators will give manatees the
right of way if they are swimming near each other.
Crystal – the monkey from The
Hangover 2 and Night at the Museum, has her own IMDB page!
Although the TV
show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was
filmed in California.
Whether you love it or hate it, Friends was one of the most
iconic TV shows to come out of the nineties and early 2000s.
One of the most surprising facts about Friends is that it
wasn’t filmed in Manhattan, where it’s set, but at the Warner Brothers Ranch
just outside of Los Angeles.
That being said, there are actually a small handful of
locations where filming took place outside of LA.
One of these is, of course, Monica and Rachel’s apartment
building at 90 Bedford St in New York.
A number of other locations filmed in New York for the
serious include the places where the friends all work.
Magpies are
considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world and the only
non-mammal species able to recognize themselves in a mirror test.
Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com,
Trivago, Travelocity, and Orbitz are all owned by the same company, Expedia
Inc.
The world record for the longest human
chain (holding hands) is 652.4 miles, and it consisted of 5 million people in
Bangladesh as part of a campaign.
Baked beans are actually not baked but
stewed.
Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr.
Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
The most popular item at Walmart is
bananas. They sell more bananas than any other single item they have in stock.
Sunsets on Mars are blue.
“lbs” comes from the Latin word
“libra,” which means “pound.”
The small indents in the bottom of
frozen pizzas are there to prevent air bubbles from forming inside the dough.
The term “footage”
comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of
filmmaking.
Why footage got its name is one of those questions that you
have when taking a long shower or when you’re just starting to drift off to
sleep.
Fortunately, we have the answer for you and even an
explanation!
Back in the day, when movies were released without audio,
they used to use 35mm film.
During this era, the film was measured out and cut into
foot-long (0.3 m) strips, which contained 16 frames in each.
One foot of 35mm film was just one second of screen time.
The amount of seconds in a film naturally became known as the footage.
In 2005, Mark Zuckerberg
unsuccessfully tried to sell Facebook for $75 million. Back then, it was called
TheFacebook.
There is an opposite of albino
animals, which aren’t white, but black. These are known as Melanistic
animals.
In 2016, a student left a pineapple in
an art museum in Scotland. Two days later, it had been placed in a glass case
as part of an exhibition.
The first film with a $100 million
budget was True Lies, which was made in 1994.
“Digging a hole to China” is
theoretically possible if you start in Argentina.
Researchers found fossils of a “Mega
Penguin” that stood over 6 feet tall and weighed in at over 250 pounds.
Strawberries can also be white or
yellow, and some can even taste like pineapples!
The term “brah” is Hawaiian pidgin,
short for brahdah (brother), and was popularized by surf culture.
As of 1998, over 50% of Iceland’s
population believed in the existence of elves.
The Boston
Marathon didn’t allow female runners until 1972.
The first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, Roberta
Gibb, actually ran the race a few years earlier in 1966.
She hid in some bushes until the race started to avoid
detection and then ran the marathon without any official sanction.
Another woman, Katherine Switzer, didn’t declare herself a
woman when she competed in 1967 and was allowed to enter the race.
When it became apparent that she wasn’t a man, the
officials unsuccessfully tried to stop her from competing.
It wasn’t until fall 1971 when the Amateur Athletics Union
allowed women to compete, which made 1972’s marathon the first to officially
allow female entrants.
Eight women competed in the 1972 Boston Marathon, and all
eight completed it, with Nina Kuscsik claiming the first official female
victory.
When
watermelons are grilled or baked, they lose their granular texture and can even
be used as a meat substitute, a “watermelon steak.”
Nebraska’s official state tourism slogan,
“Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone,” began being phased out in 2024
after 5 years of use.
Some cat breeds (called “puppy cats”) are bred
specifically to exhibit dog-like behavior.
In
October 2015, United Airlines made a man with Cerebral Palsy crawl off one of
its flights. The flight attendants just watched as he struggled.
“Bluetooth”
technology was named after a 10th-century king, King Harald Bluetooth. He
united Denmark and Norway – just like wireless technology united computers and
cell phones.
All dogs have been banned from Antarctica since
April 1994. This ban was made because of the concern that dogs might spread
diseases to seals.
There’s a
sport called “squirrel fishing,” in which participants try to catch squirrels
and lift them into the air by using a nut on a fishing pole.
In Slovakia, they have Christmas Carp
that live in the family bathtub for a few days before they are eaten.
Banks have therapists known as “wealth
psychologists” who help ultra-rich clients who cannot mentally cope with their
immense wealth.
Hackers uncovered
a flaw in Hotmail’s security in 1999, which allowed access to any Hotmail email
account by entering “eh” as the password.
This crippling flaw was deemed to be “the
most widespread security incident in the history of the web.”
The group that took
responsibility for the flaw’s exposure, known as Hackers Unite, claimed that
they didn’t want to destroy anything by leaking it but rather wanted to draw
seemingly much-needed attention to Microsoft’s failing security systems.
Experts believe that the ability to access
any email account with a simple password was unintentionally left behind as a
“backdoor” by Microsoft’s engineers, something Microsoft has never admitted.
Instead, they merely palmed it off as an
“unknown security issue.”
A small
population of Mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until 1650 BC, about 900
years after the construction of The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed.
The
office of the Treasurer of the United States has been held by women since 1949.
The
Flintstones was the most profitable network
cartoon franchise for 30 years, that’s before The Simpsons came along.
The University of Minnesota is older than
the state of Minnesota itself!
Tickling
has been divided into two types. Knismesis refers to “light, feather-like”
tickling, and gargalesis refers to “harder, laughter-inducing” tickling.
As of
2019, the site MySpace still gets 8 million visitors per month!
C-3PO and R2-D2 had their own 1985
single-season 13-episode spin-off TV series called Star Wars: Droids. The season showed the adventures of R2-D2 & C-3P0 before they joined Luke
Skywalker.
People don’t sneeze in their sleep because
their brain shuts down the reflex.
Your nose
is always visible to you. Your mind ignores it through a process called
Unconscious Selective Attention.
When most people think of pyramids, they
instantly think of Egypt, but this couldn’t be more wrong!
Sudan has somewhere between 200 to 255
pyramids, while Egypt is home to just 118 to 138 of them.
So how did so many
pyramids end up down in Sudan? From 3,000 BC, Egypt’s armies were sent south to
conquer whoever they found, reaching as far as modern-day Sudan.
There they lorded over the locals until the
Egyptian empire collapsed in 1,070 BC, but their influence remained for much
longer.
Less than three hundred years later, the new
rulers of this region, the Kush, still believed in the Egyptian gods and
started constructing pyramids en masse.
The word “Jurassic,” which we so often
associate with dinosaurs, comes from the Celtic word for “forest.”
The brain
is our fattiest organ and is composed of nearly 60% fat.
Guy
Fawkes is the reason guys are called “guys.”
February used to be the last month of the year,
which is why it has the shortest number of days.
Lego toys are a better investment than
stocks, bonds, or gold.
A
Canadian company started selling fresh air in a can as a joke, then Chinese
consumers made it real, paying up to $20 a can.
In September 2007, a guy
named Kevin Shelley broke 46 wooden toilet seats with his head in one minute to
create a world record.
College of the Ozarks doesn’t charge
tuition. Instead, students work on campus at least 15 hours a week and have two
40-hour workweeks.
The Japanese have a work philosophy
called “kaizen,” where people constantly seek ways to improve methods instead
of just doing it the same way.
Since 2014 the
Welsh government has donated a fruit tree to families in Uganda for every child
born or adopted in Wales.
In 2008 the “Plant!” scheme was announced,
which would celebrate the birth or adoption of a child in Wales by planting a
tree.
With an aim to create
new woodlands for future generations, it was already a magnificent scheme, but
it became even better with the changes in April 2014.
In Uganda, fruit trees are planted because
they can provide vital fruit and timber in a region which has been decimated by
deforestation.
Restaurants can sing “Happy Birthday” now
because the copyrights’ claims are invalid. Judge George H. King ruled that a
copyright filed in 1935 granted only the rights to specific piano arrangements
of the music, not the song itself.
Tyromancy
is the practice of predicting the future with cheese.
Shoe
shops used X-Ray machines to measure shoe sizes in the 1940s before the risks
of X-Rays were fully understood.
Iguanas have three eyes. Two normal eyes and
a third eye on top of their head that only perceives brightness.
Elizabeth Tower, the clocktower in London
that holds Big Ben, is leaning over so much it can now be seen with the naked
eye. In 4,000 years, it will be at the same angle as the Tower of Pisa is now.
Cool, Random and
Useless Facts About the World
1. Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita.
2. Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an
earthquake.
3. Pope John Paul II was made an honorary Harlem
Globetrotter.
4. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens
each year.
5. There’s a city named “Rome” on every continent
except Antarctica.
6. Quebec City is the only walled city in North America
north of Mexico.
7. Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die
Hard when he was in his 70s.
8. New Jersey is the top producer of the world’s
eggplants.
9. Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.
10. Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old
cousin.
11. There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog
bone named “Kleopatra.”
12. There are about the same number of stars in the observable universe as
there are grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches.
13. Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
14. It’s estimated that Americans eat 50 billion hamburgers each year.
15. Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first class.
16. Close to 70 percent of the world’s freshwater is held
in glaciers and ice sheets.
17. Australia is “technically” wider than the Moon.
18. If added together, humans spend about two weeks of
their lifetimes kissing.
19. Massachusetts is home to Busta Rhymes Island.
20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253
miles per hour.
21. Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the
world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back to 9,000 years
ago!
22. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture
dealer.
23. Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.
24. The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.
25. Twins are becoming more and more common.
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26. Dolphins give each other names.
27. A cat’s ear contains 32 muscles.
28. The closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex are
the chicken and the ostrich.
29. Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues, but
alligators can.
30. Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.
31. Camels were previously imported to Arizona in 1856 and
1857.
32. Snails sleep for periods of 13 to 15 hours. Some
hibernation-like periods can last years.
33. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch
tongue.
34. Most pandas around the world are on loan from
China.
35. Sloths can hold their breath longer than
dolphins.
36. Sharks are the only fish that can blink with both
eyes.
37. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
38. The lifespan of a dragonfly ranges from around a week
to eight weeks.
39. The chicken came before the egg, according to the Bible. (Finally, an answer!)
40. It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs, but they’d prefer
not to go downstairs.
41. Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn’t bark (they
“yodel”).
42. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the
Bible is the cat.
43. Ravens know when someone is spying on them.
(Yikes!)
44. The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head allows
them to see all four feet at all times.
45. Giraffes can go longer without water than camels.
46. Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly
backward.
47. Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
48. Due to a genetic defect, cats can’t taste sweet
things.
49. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
50. Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.
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51. An average of 3.6 cans of SPAM are consumed each
second.
52. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected
intravenously.
53. Junk food can actually be addictive.
54. If every Oreo ever made were lined up, it would reach the moon and back more than five
times.
55. Apple seeds contain cyanide.
56. In the 1830s, ketchup was used as medicine to treat
such ailments as diarrhea, indigestion and jaundice.
57. Four out of five children are able to recognize
the McDonald’s logo by the age of three.
58. A banana is considered a berry.
59. The combined work of the entire lives of 12 bees
accumulates to one single teaspoon of honey.
60. The largest scrambled eggs ever made weighed 6,860.8 pounds.
61. Peanut butter can be turned into diamonds.
62. In 2021, three French men, Morgan Niquet, François
Robin and Julien Serri, set the record for the most varieties of cheeses on
a pizza. They used 834 different types of cheese!
63. On average, Americans eat a combined amount of 100 acres of pizza every day.
64. Honey doesn’t go bad (as long as it’s stored properly).
65. A lot of oranges are actually green.
66. Pound cake originally included a pound of each of its
ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.
67. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio
Magellan Crunch.
68. Dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure.
69. Salt was once used as a currency.
70. A third of the calories in broccoli come
from protein
71. Strawberries are not technically considered berries.
72. Caesar salad originated in the Mexican city of
Tijuana.
73. Pistachios, cashews and almonds are closer to fruits than nuts.
They are classified as “drupes” which are fruits that are fleshy on the
outside and contain a shell covering a seed on the inside.
74. SPAM is
short for “spiced ham.”
75. Sandwiches were created because the Earl of
Sandwich, John Montagu, did not want to put his cards down while gambling
(on a 24-hour streak!) to eat.
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76. Venus is the only planet in
our solar system that rotates clockwise.
77. The average person has four to six dreams a night.
78. Our stomachs produce a new layer of mucus every two
weeks, so they don’t digest themselves.
79. The Sun makes
up more than 99 percent of our solar system’s mass.
80. Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant
hand.
81. The opposite sides of a die will always add up to
seven.
82. A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of
five standard pickup trucks.
83. Competitive art used to be part of the Olympic Games.
84. Etch-a-Sketch sales increased after the Toy
Story movie.
85. The human brain is about 60 percent fat.
86. Women blink almost twice as much as men.
87. The tallest supported bamboo sculpture is more than 164
feet high.
88. Men hiccup more than women.
89. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
90. Riding a roller coaster can help you pass a (small)
kidney stone faster.
91. A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes
than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined. In other words, the “heat” from
a hurricane would be proportional to exploding a 10-megaton nuke every 20
minutes.
92. Messages from your brain travel along your nerves
at 100 miles per hour. Some nerve signals are even faster and can reach up to
300 miles per hour.
93. Mulan has the highest kill count of
any Disney character.
94. Sweat doesn’t smell bad; the combination of water, fat,
and salt mixed with bacteria does.
95. The fear of beards is called pogonophobia.
96. Women have more tastebuds and can see more colors than
men.
97. Marie Curie’s 100-year-old belongings are still
radioactive.
98. A standard Slinky contains 67 feet of metal and can be
stretched to 15 feet without deforming.
99. Jupiter is
twice as large as all the other planets combined.
100. Nuclear scientist Lonnie Johnson, who worked for NASA,
invented the Super Soaker.
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101. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the only English
word ending in “mt” is “dreamt”.
102. The word “nerd” was invented by Dr.
Seuss.
103. The pound sign (or hashtag for the Gen
Z crowd) is called an octothorpe.
104. “Go!” is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
105. “Typewriter” is the longest word you can type
using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
106. Sleeping through summer is called “estivation”.
107. About 1,000 words are added to the dictionary each
year.
108. Punctuation wasn’t always a part of our written
language. It was introduced by Greek playwrights to indicate when actors should
pause.
109. A group of hippos is referred to as a “bloat”. Other
terms for a group of hippos are a herd, thunder or sea.
110. People used to answer the phone with “ahoy” instead of
“hello,” as Alexander Graham Bell suggested.
111. “Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its
letters in reverse alphabetical order.
112. The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
113. “Schoolmaster” is an anagram of “the classroom”.
114. English is the second most spoken language, with over
840 million people who speak it as either a first or second language. The most
spoken language is Mandarin.
115. Remnants of liquor left in the bottom of a glass are
referred to as the “heeltap.” When a toast is ended with “and no heel-taps!” it
means to drain every last drop.
116. The most common adjective used in English is “good”.
117. A group of crows is a “murder”.
118. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
119. The word “set” has the highest number of
definitions—430+ according to the Second Edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary!
120. There are over 150 different dialects of English
spoken throughout the world, 30 in the U.S. alone.
121. “Lol” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in
2011.
122. The word “goodbye” comes from an Old English phrase
meaning “God be with you”.
123. More than 80% of the information stored on
computers worldwide is in English.
124. A quarter of the world’s population speaks at least a
little English.
125. “White meat” originally referred to dairy products
such as milk, butter and cheese.
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126. The world record for most T-shirts worn at once is
260.
127. The lighter was invented three years before the match.
128. Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row of a
keyboard.
129. A “jiffy” is about one trillionth of a second.
130. In most advertisements of watches, the displayed time
is 10:10. This allows for easy viewing of most logos as well as heightened
sales due to its resemblance of a smile on
the watch’s face.
131. Movie trailers were originally shown at the end
of movies, hence the name trailer. They were moved to the
beginning because most of the audience left after the feature film.
132. The number of dimples on a regulation golf ball
is 336.
133. Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004 but got back together
in 2011. (Phew!)
134. More people fear spiders than they do death.
135. One lick of a stamp results in the consumption of
one-tenth of a calorie.
136. Most adults spend more time on the toilet than they do
exercising.
137. Humans produce about six pounds of stool per
week.
138. About 35 percent of people who use personal ads
or online apps for dating are already married.
139. Bob
Ross was introduced to painting via the U.S. Air Force.
140. The only part of the human body that can’t repair
itself is the teeth.
141. The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to
himself in 1971.
142. A dentist invented the electric chair.
143. Since they’re such social creatures and require
interaction to be happy, it’s illegal in Switzerland to own just one guinea
pig!
144. The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards
without a mustache.
145. The inventor of Pringles is
buried in a Pringles can.
146. More Monopoly money is printed in a year than
real money throughout the United States.
147. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
148. The footprints made on the Moon can last up to 100
million years.
149. A piece of paper can be folded in half no more
than 7 times.
150. Human eyeballs grow very little after birth.
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