Strange Facts – Unbelievable and Fascinating Discoveries

Did you know that the average person spends about six months of their life waiting for a red light to turn green?

In Japan, it is considered rude to be on time. Punctuality is seen as a sign that you are not busy or important.

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

The Great Wall of China is not visible from space. This is just a myth.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still perfectly edible.

There are more atoms in a single grain of sand than there are grains of sand on Earth.

Marshmallows were originally made from the root sap of the marshmallow plant, which grows in marshes.

The world’s oldest known customer complaint was written on a clay tablet over 4,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia.

You are more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than by a shark attack.

The oldest known recipe in the world is for beer and is over 4,000 years old.

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

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.

The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.

The first recorded death from a meteorite strike happened in 1954 in Alabama.

The shortest warship ever built was the HMS Wolverine, which measured only 13 meters in length.

Strange Facts – Unbelievable and Fascinating Discoveries part 2

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

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

The world’s tallest living man is Sultan Kosen from Turkey, who stands at 8 feet 2.8 inches.

Polar bears have black skin to absorb and retain heat from the sun.

The world’s largest pyramid is not located in Egypt but in Cholula, Mexico.

The first photograph ever taken was in 1826, and it required an exposure time of eight hours.

The blue whale’s heart is so big that a human could swim through its arteries.

The speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second.

The world’s largest snow maze is located in Canada and covers over 2,789 square meters.

The estimated number of galaxies in the universe is over 100 billion.

The longest wedding veil ever worn measured over 6,096 meters in length.

The average person spends about two weeks of their life kissing.

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

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world, despite being covered in ice.

The world’s largest collection of rubber ducks belongs to a man from the Netherlands, who has over 8,000 ducks.

The first fax machine was invented in 18

The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a vulture’s wing bone and is over 42,000 years old.

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

The world’s largest diamond was over 3,100 carats and was found in South Africa in 1905.

The average person blinks over 10,000 times a day.

The world’s largest pizza was over 13,580 square feet and was made in South Africa in 1990.

The first recorded use of the hashtag symbol (#) was in 2007 on Twitter.

The world’s oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.

The shortest war in American history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896, which lasted only 38 minutes.

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

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

The world’s longest tongue belongs to a woman from the United States and measures over 3.8 inches from tip to lip.

The tallest recorded sunflower reached a height of 30 feet and 1 inch.

The world’s largest collection of belly button lint is owned by an Australian man and weighs over 22 grams.