Three interesting facts
Did you know that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth?
It is estimated that there are over a billion bicycles in the world, outnumbering cars two to one.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space, contrary to popular belief.
Lake Michigan is so big that it could cover the entire state of Connecticut in water.
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for traffic lights to turn green.
The Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be a temporary structure for the 1889 World’s Fair.
Honey never spoils and can be edible for thousands of years.
The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a 35,000-year-old flute made from bird bone.
The first-ever computer mouse was made of wood.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.
The average person walks the equivalent distance of three times around the world in their lifetime.
Bees can recognize human faces.
The Hawaiian alphabet only consists of 12 letters.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
Apples belong to the rose family, just like pears and plums.
The Colosseum in Rome was built over 2,000 years ago and is still standing today.
Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them.
Three interesting facts part 2
The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in Montana and measured 15 inches in diameter.
Octopuses have three hearts.
Every year, over one million earthquakes occur around the world, but most are too small to be felt.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from space.
Penguins have a particular stone that they propose with to attract a mate.
The Sahara Desert is larger than the entire United States.
The first-ever camera took eight hours to capture a single photo.
Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.
The average person blinks around 15,000 times per day.
The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia Arnoldii, measures up to three feet in diameter.
The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub.
There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones.
The world’s largest chocolate bar weighed over 12,000 pounds.
The longest wedding veil ever recorded was over two miles long.
The top of the Eiffel Tower can curve up to six inches in strong sunlight.
The driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert, once went 173 consecutive years without rainfall.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
Before erasers were invented, people used bread crumbs to erase pencil marks.
The average person laughs around ten times a day.
An octopus has three hearts.
The Nile River is the longest river in the world, stretching over 4,135 miles.
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans – seven.
The world’s largest pizza ever made measured over 122 feet in diameter.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
The world’s oldest known turtle lived to be 188 years old.