Unbelievable facts that will blow your mind
Did you know that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the world’s beaches?
The Great Wall of China is so long that it could wrap around the Earth’s equator more than twice.
The average person generates enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
The human brain is more powerful than the world’s most advanced supercomputer.
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 world’s oldest known recipe is for beer, dating back over 5,000 years.
There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
A single cloud can weigh more than 1 million pounds.
The longest palindrome in the English language is tattarrattat, coined by James Joyce in his novel Ulysses.
The average person walks the equivalent distance of three times around the world in their lifetime.
The Eiffel Tower can be as much as 6 inches taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
The shortest war in history occurred between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896 and lasted only 38 minutes.
The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever existed, reaching lengths of over 98 feet.
The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3-inch nail.
Unbelievable facts that will blow your mind part 2
Astronauts grow taller in space due to the absence of gravity compressing their spines.
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 47 seconds and covers a distance of 1.7 miles between two Scottish islands.
The Earth’s oceans contain enough gold to cover the entire planet in a 1.5-foot layer.
The light from the Sun takes approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
The highest wave ever recorded was a staggering 1,720 feet tall, taller than the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
The world’s oldest living tree, named Methuselah, is over 4,800 years old.
In a year, more people are killed by vending machines falling on them than by shark attacks.
The average person will spend around six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
The speed of a computer mouse is measured in Mickeys.
There are more possible iterations of a chess game than there are atoms in the known universe.
The human eye can distinguish up to 10 million different colors.
The first recorded use of the hashtag symbol (#) was in ancient Rome for denoting weight.
It takes approximately 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.
The voice actor behind the iconic character Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine, was married to the voice actress for Minnie Mouse, Russi Taylor.
The shortest complete sentence in the English language is I am.
The tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is still growing at a rate of approximately 0.16 inches per year.
The average person has more bacteria in their mouth than the entire human population on Earth.
The first known use of soap was by ancient Babylonians around 2800 B.C.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is not connected at both ends.
The average person blinks around 28,800 times in a day.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The shortest war in history between two sovereign states was between Britain and Sultanate of Zanzibar, lasting only 38-45 minutes.
The fruit fly has the shortest lifespan of any creature on Earth, living for only 24 hours.
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
There are more possible game combinations in a standard deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe.
The world’s largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide.
The average person spends approximately six months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green.
The chance of being killed by a vending machine is actually higher than being killed by a shark.