Daily Fun Facts

Did you know that bananas are berries but strawberries are not?

The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Cats sleep for an average of 12-16 hours a day.

The ducks at a park are sometimes fed better than the homeless.

People who laugh more often tend to live longer.

On Venus, it rains sulfuric acid constantly.

The inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes stored in one.

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

Astronauts’ height can increase up to 2 inches in space due to the lack of gravity.

The first oranges weren’t actually orange, they were green.

It is impossible to hum while holding your nose closed.

The most shoplifted food item in the world is cheese.

Honey never spoils; archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs still edible.

It is illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland because they are social animals.

Pistachios are actually fruits, not nuts.

Bees can recognize human faces.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.

The first video on YouTube was uploaded by a user named Jawed Karim, it was titled Me at the zoo.

Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

A hair strand can support the weight of a grape.

Honeybees can recognize faces.

Daily Fun Facts part 2

The Hawaiian alphabet only contains 12 letters.

Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen you breathe.

The Statue of Liberty’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the World.

The shortest war in history lasted only 38-45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.

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

Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as textured wallpaper.

Your chances of being killed by a vending machine are actually twice as high as being bitten by a shark.

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

The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. It lasted only 38-45 minutes.

The first product with a barcode was a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum.

There are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.

The fastest land animal, the cheetah, can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 3 seconds.

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

The word dreamt is the only English word that ends with the letters mt.

The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in Montana in 1887 and measured 38 cm in diameter.

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop.

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.

Astronauts’ height can increase up to 2 inches in space due to the lack of gravity.

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

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

Peanut butter can be converted into a diamond under extreme pressure.

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.