Crazy Random Facts

Did you know that a single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto?

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been confused at crime scenes.

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.

Honey never spoils. You could eat 3,000-year-old honey and it would still be perfectly fine.

There are more possible iterations of a chess game than atoms in the observable universe.

The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.

Kangaroo means I don’t understand in the Aboriginal language of Guugu Yimithirr.

There is a town in Norway called Hell, and it freezes over during the winter.

The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig because they get lonely.

A broken clock is right twice a day.

The oldest known your mom joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet.

There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal and can revert back to its infant state after reaching adulthood.

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop anymore.

The average person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.

Crazy Random Facts part 2

The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.

Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.

The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.

The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

In Japan, it is perfectly acceptable to name your child Buttocks or Prostitute.

The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.

Fish can be trained to recognize and respond to their own names.

The shortest war in history was between two African tribes and lasted just 2 hours.

Every year, more people die from falling out of bed than from shark attacks.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

Antarctica has only one ATM machine.

The average person takes 7 minutes to fall asleep.

The oldest known plant is approximately 500,000 years old.

Slugs have four noses.

The average person will spend 1 year of their life looking for lost items.

Dolphins have been known to give each other names.

Speaking of dolphins, they have been trained by the military to detect underwater mines.

Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.

Lightning strikes the Earth approximately 8 million times a day.

Octopuses have three hearts.

The average person will spend 6 months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.

The shortest war in history lasted just 38 to 45 minutes. It took place between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.

Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.

The average person eats around 70,000 pounds of food in their lifetime, which is equivalent to the weight of six elephants.

The oldest known piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old.