Incredible Facts Every Student Should Know
Did you know that an octopus has three hearts?
The average person experiences 70,000 thoughts per day.
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 shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes – it was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
The world’s oldest university, Al-Qarawiyyin, was founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) in Antarctica.
Your brain actually processes information faster than the speed of light!
Astronauts cannot burp in space because there is no gravity to separate gas from solids and liquids in their stomach.
The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting at red traffic lights.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without aid.
The world’s smallest reptile, the Jaragua lizard, can comfortably sit on a human fingertip.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
The world’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, could swallow the entirety of Manhattan.
The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans – seven.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The average person will spend about 6 years of their life dreaming.
Incredible Facts Every Student Should Know part 2
The blue whale’s heart is so big that a human could swim through its arteries.
Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to reach Earth.
The longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror – a test only a few animals can pass.
There are more bacteria cells in your body than human cells.
The star-nosed mole is the world’s fastest eater, able to identify and consume its prey in just 230 milliseconds.
The Eiffel Tower can be up to 15 centimeters taller in summer due to thermal expansion.
The human eye can distinguish up to 10 million different colors.
A group of frogs is called an army.
The average person will walk the equivalent of 3 times around the world in their lifetime.
The world’s first web page is still online – it was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 199
Hawaii is home to the world’s most active volcano, Kilauea.
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all Earth’s beaches.
The average person laughs about 13 times a day.
The eye of a ostrich is bigger than its brain.
The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter and weigh up to 24 pounds.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The Mona Lisa has no visible eyebrows.
Bees can recognize human faces.
The shortest international flight in the world is between the Orkney Islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland, which lasts just 47 seconds.
The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
The average person takes about 23,040 breaths per day.
The highest temperature ever recorded was 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 degrees Celsius) in Libya.
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other creature on Earth.
The oldest written recipe in existence is a Sumerian beer recipe from around 3,900 BC.