Silly facts – Unbelievable and Amusing Trivia

Did you know that peanuts are not actually nuts, but legumes?

The average person laughs around 15 times a day.

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

The king of hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a mustache.

The world’s largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide.

Humans blink approximately 17,000 times a day.

The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.

In Japan, there are more pet cats than pet dogs.

A flock of crows is called a murder.

The surface area of Russia is larger than the surface area of Pluto.

The average person eats around 56,000 slices of bread in their lifetime.

Mosquitoes prefer biting blondes over brunettes.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.

The word nerd was first coined by Dr. Seuss in his book If I Ran the Zoo.

Apples float in water because they are made up of 25% air.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose.

A giraffe’s tongue can be up to 21 inches long.

The average person has about 100,000 hairs on their head.

There are more atoms in a single glass of water than glasses of water in all the world’s oceans.

Astronauts cannot burp in space due to the lack of gravity.

Octopuses have three hearts.

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

Silly facts – Unbelievable and Amusing Trivia part 2

The world’s largest snow maze is located in Warren, Vermont and covers over 10,000 square feet.

The shortest recorded war between two nations was between Oman and England in 1891, lasting only 10 minutes.

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

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

India is home to more tigers than the rest of the world combined.

The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3-inch nail.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by ancient Egyptians.

In Japan, there is a train station that has been moved 260 feet to accommodate a growing tree.

The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a distress signal that the grass releases when it’s injured.

Bubble wrap was originally designed to be a wallpaper.

A watermelon is 92% water.

Penguins have knees inside their bodies.

It takes about 63,000 trees to make the Sunday edition of The New York Times.

Baby carrots are not actually baby carrots; they are just regular carrots shaved down into smaller sizes.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.

Snails can sleep for up to three years.

There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real flamingos.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

In space, astronauts cannot cry because there is no gravity to pull their tears down their faces.

Cows have best friends.

The first known contraceptive was a mixture of crocodile dung and honey used by ancient Egyptians.