Unbelievable Facts – Discover the Astonishing Side of Life
Did you know that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance?
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
In Japan, there are square watermelons because they fit better in refrigerators.
The oldest known version of Cinderella dates back to Ancient Greece, around 2,000 years ago.
The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.
The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in Montana and measured 15 inches in diameter.
The Eiffel Tower can be taller during the summer due to the expansion of metal in the heat.
The average person will eat around 70,000 meals in their lifetime.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.
A group of crows is called a murder.
The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
The speed of light is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second.
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896 and lasted only 38 minutes.
Unbelievable Facts – Discover the Astonishing Side of Life part 2
The world’s largest known living organism is a fungus in Oregon that covers about 2,385 acres.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The largest volcano in our solar system is located on Mars and is three times the height of Mount Everest.
The world’s largest beaver dam stretches over half a mile long.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
The largest hailstone ever recorded weighed over one pound.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.
Honey never spoils; it has been found in Egyptian tombs still perfectly edible after thousands of years.
The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
The world’s oldest known customer complaint was written on a clay tablet in Ancient Mesopotamia, around 1750 BC.
Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896 and lasted only 38 minutes.
It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.
The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
A flock of crows is called a murder.
The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer, dating back to around 3900 BC.
The average person will spend 25 years asleep in their lifetime.
It takes approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones.
Octopuses have three hearts.
The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in Montana and measured 15 inches in diameter.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.
Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater into freshwater.
The average person will shed over 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.
