Secret Fun Facts Unveiled – Things No One Knows
A group of pugs is called a grumble.
The first oranges weren’t orange; they were green.
Bananas are berries, while strawberries are not.
The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes.
Carrots were originally purple.
Honey never spoils.
The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.
The Windy City nickname for Chicago has nothing to do with the weather; it originated from long-winded politicians.
Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.
The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter of the English alphabet.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.
The world’s oldest yo-yo was found in Greece and dates back to 500 BC.
Wombat feces are cube-shaped.
Scotland has 421 words for snow.
Astronauts’ height can increase by up to two inches in space due to spinal elongation.
Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
The first recorded use of the hashtag symbol (#) was in a tweet in 2007.
Penguins have knees, but they are located inside their bodies.
A snail can sleep for up to three years.
The inventor of the microwave oven only received $2 for his invention.
The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide.
The heart of a blue whale is so big that a human could swim through its arteries.
Every year, millions of trees are planted by squirrels who forget where they buried their nuts.
Secret Fun Facts Unveiled – Things No One Knows part 2
The oldest known joke dates back to around 1900 BC and is a Sumerian proverb.
The British Royal Family is not allowed to play Monopoly.
The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
Honey bees can recognize human faces.
The world’s oldest known tree is over 5,000 years old.
Tennis was originally called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis.
The world’s largest jigsaw puzzle had over 551,232 pieces.
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
The original name of Snickers candy bars was Marathon in the UK.
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Astronauts’ footprints on the moon will remain there for millions of years due to the lack of wind.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which is about the size of a bee.
The average person will spend six months waiting for red traffic lights in their lifetime.
The word OK was first used in 18
Bees can recognize human faces.
The shortest war in history occurred between Zanzibar and England in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.
The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to expansion from heat.
The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge.
The world’s largest snow maze is over 1,500 square meters.
The first recorded use of the word lol was in a letter from 1960.
The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a bone flute dating back over 40,000 years.