Weird facts that are true
The average person spends six months of their lifetime waiting for a red light to turn green.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
Bananas are berries, while strawberries are not.
A newborn baby can breathe and swallow at the same time until they reach about seven months old.
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
Maine produces 90% of the country’s lobster supply.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Wombat feces are cube-shaped.
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 average person will walk the equivalent of four times around the world in their lifetime.
Octopuses have three hearts.
A group of cats is called a clowder.
Polar bears have black skin underneath their white fur.
The world’s oldest toy, a 4,000-year-old spinning top, was found in an archaeological dig in Iran.
Cows have best friends and can become stressed if separated from them.
A single strand of spaghetti is called spaghetto.
It takes seven to nine years for a lobster to grow to legal harvesting size.
Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour – that’s roughly 1.5 pounds per year.
Weird facts that are true part 2
The longest wedding veil ever recorded was longer than 63 football fields.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
The surface area of Russia is larger than the entire surface area of Pluto.
The average person blinks about 15-20 times per minute.
The oldest known sample of the smallpox virus is still preserved in a vial at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to six inches during the summer due to expansion from the heat.
Chewing gum helps improve concentration and memory.
The world’s largest swimming pool is over 1,000 meters long and holds 250 million liters of water.
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus – it takes 243 Earth days for Venus to complete one rotation on its axis.
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
Honeybees can recognize human faces.
The shortest war in history was between two African nations, Equatorial Guinea and Morocco, and lasted only 39 minutes.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.
Humans are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood, we have only 206 bones.
The world’s largest snowflake was 15 inches in diameter.
A jiffy is an actual unit of time – it is equal to one-hundredth of a second.
The average person spends about six months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green.
The oldest known living organism is a 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine tree in California.
Scotland has 421 words for snow.
A flock of crows is called a murder.
There is enough iron in the human body to make a 3-inch nail.
A butt was historically a unit of measurement for wine, equal to 126 gallons.
Humans have fewer genes than a tomato.
The average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds.
The world’s longest tongue currently belongs to a man from the United States and measures 3.97 inches from tip to lip.
