Ridiculous Facts – Unbelievable Trivia That Will Leave You Speechless
Did you know that it is illegal to lick a toad in certain countries?
In ancient Rome, people used to use urine as a mouthwash.
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
The world’s oldest known joke is over 4,000 years old and can be traced back to ancient Sumeria.
Honey never spoils, and archaeologists have even found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still edible.
The top layer of the Facebook logo is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is color-blind and blue is the color he sees best.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
The world’s longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
In Japan, there is a spa that offers baths filled with wine for people to soak in.
The sound of a whip cracking is actually a tiny supersonic boom created by the tip of the whip moving faster than the speed of sound.
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes and took place between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
Snakes can temporarily dislocate their jaws to swallow prey larger than their own head.
The world’s largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches in diameter.
An octopus has three hearts.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before a space mission because passing gas in a spacesuit could be potentially dangerous.
The average person spends six months of their lifetime waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
Ridiculous Facts – Unbelievable Trivia That Will Leave You Speechless part 2
A standard deck of playing cards can be shuffled in more than 80,000,000,000,000 different ways.
In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
The shortest man in recorded history was only 54.6 cm (1 foot 9.5 inches) tall.
The oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
The first fax machine was patented in 18
Cows have best friends and become stressed when they are separated.
The first recorded use of the @ symbol was in a Bulgarian translation of a religious text in 13
A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
The average person spends about 4 years of their life looking down at their smartphone.
The world’s largest rubber duck stands at a height of over 61 feet tall.
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during hot summer months due to expanding iron.
Male ostriches can roar like lions.
The world’s largest jigsaw puzzle had 551,232 pieces and measured over 27 feet by 6 feet.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
The average American eats about 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
The human brain is capable of generating up to 50,000 thoughts per day.
In 2006, a pig named Muriel was successfully cloned in France.
A hippo’s milk is pink in color.
Animals can see ultraviolet light, which allows them to see patterns on flowers invisible to the human eye.
The average person blinks over 12,000 times per day.
The world’s largest jello mold weighed over 9,000 pounds.
The shortest recorded war in history was between two African tribes and lasted only 40 minutes.
The average American spends about 2 years of their life shopping.
Octopuses have three hearts.
The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone in the ear, measuring about 3 mm in length.
In 1998, the world’s largest omelette was made in Portugal and used 145,000 eggs.
The world’s first computer programmer was a woman named Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm in 18
In Iceland, it is illegal to have a dog as a pet, except for guide dogs for the visually impaired.