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Random Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

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

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

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

Scotland has 421 words for snow.

The Statue of Liberty in New York was originally intended for Egypt but they rejected it as being too expensive.

Astronauts cannot cry in space because there is no gravity to make tears fall.

The shortest complete sentence in the English language is I am.

The city of Tokyo is home to the world’s largest population with over 37 million people.

The longest English word without repeating letters is uncopyrightable.

The Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space with the naked eye.

The world’s oldest known perfume was discovered on the island of Cyprus and dates back over 4,000 years.

The first video game ever invented was called Tennis for Two and was created in 1958.

Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans: seven.

The world’s largest snowflake ever recorded measured 15 inches in diameter.

Dolphins have names for each other and will call out to one another using specific vocalizations.

The world’s largest jigsaw puzzle had over 551,232 pieces and measured 27 feet by 6 feet.

Random Facts That Will Blow Your Mind part 2

The average person will spend six months of their life waiting at red traffic lights.

The Cookie Monster’s real name is Sid.

The Eiffel Tower can be three to four inches taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35 – Jesus wept.

The oldest known pet cat lived over 38 years.

The world’s largest floating island, known as the island that floats on water, can be found on Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia.

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated from them.

The average person will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

The largest pizza ever made weighed over 26,800 pounds.

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater into freshwater.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer.

The world’s largest rubber band ball weighs over 9,000 pounds.

Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

The average person will spend six months of their life searching for misplaced items.

The world’s largest jar of peanut butter weighed over 1,000 pounds.

A jiffy is an actual unit of time. It represents precisely 1/100th of a second.

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes, found in the ear.

The world’s largest collection of rubber ducks contains over 10,000 ducks.

Bees have five eyes: two large compound eyes and three simple eyes.

The average person will spend four years of their life looking at a cell phone.

The world’s oldest known wooden sculpture is over 11,000 years old and depicts a female figure.

It is estimated that there are more than 2,000 different types of cheese in the world.

Human teeth are just as strong as shark teeth.

The world’s largest collection of Santa Claus memorabilia contains over 25,000 items.

The average person will spend four years of their life talking on the phone.

The world’s largest swimming pool is over 1,000 yards long and holds 66 million gallons of water.

The light emitted by fireflies is one of the most efficient light sources in the world, as almost 100% of the energy is converted into light.

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