Mind-Blowing Facts That Will Leave You Astonished
The human brain can hold up to 2.5 petabytes of information, which is equivalent to three million hours of television.
Dolphins have the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror, which is a sign of self-awareness.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye, despite popular belief.
Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain on Earth, rather it is Mauna Kea in Hawaii when measured from base to summit.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus, as it takes 243 Earth days for Venus to complete one rotation, but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
The planet Saturn is less dense than water, so theoretically, it could float in a giant bathtub.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
The average lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the Sun.
The longest-living animal known to man is the immortal jellyfish, which can revert back to its juvenile form after reaching maturity.
The world’s oldest known living tree, nicknamed Methuselah, is over 4,845 years old and can be found in California.
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The human eye is capable of differentiating about 10 million different colors.
There are more cells in the human body than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
It is estimated that there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the known universe.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows due to restoration attempts in the past that removed them.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia arnoldii, can grow up to three feet in diameter and weigh up to 24 pounds.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
The chances of being killed by a vending machine is actually higher than being killed by a shark.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) in Antarctica.
The largest earthquake ever recorded occurred in Chile in 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly both forward and backward.
There are more possible iterations of a shuffled deck of cards than there are atoms in the galaxy.
The world’s largest pizza was made in South Africa and measured 37.4 meters in diameter.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
The probability of being struck by lightning is higher than winning the lottery.
Honeybees can recognize human faces and remember them for up to two days.
The Eiffel Tower can be up to 15 centimeters taller during the summer due to the expansion of metal from heat.
The average person will walk the equivalent of 4 times around the Earth in their lifetime.
The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 kilometers per hour (102 miles per hour).
The world’s oldest known song, the Hurrian Hymn, is over 3,400 years old.
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
The world’s largest ball of twine, located in Kansas, took one man 37 years to create and weighs over 9 tons.
The probability of shuffling a deck of cards into the exact same order as it has ever been in history is practically zero.
The human brain can process information faster than the fastest computer currently in existence.
The world’s largest known volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is actually an underwater volcano that stands over 13,000 feet above sea level.
The average person will spend approximately six months of their life waiting for phone calls to be answered.
The sound of a cracking whip is actually a small sonic boom, as the tip of the whip exceeds the speed of sound.
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
Strawberries are not technically berries, but bananas are.
The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are caused by solar particles interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.
The world’s largest sandcastle was built in Germany and stood over 54 feet tall.
The average person will spend around six years of their life dreaming.