Unbelievable Odd Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
Did you know that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth?
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
An octopus has three hearts and blue blood.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar, lasting only 38 minutes.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible!
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
The average American spends six months of their life waiting at red lights.
There are more tigers in captivity in the US than in the wild worldwide.
Astronauts grow taller in space due to the lack of gravity compressing their spines.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
The oldest known soup was made over 20,000 years ago.
The names of the continents all end with the same letter they start with.
There are more possible combinations of a shuffled deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter, which is responsible for chewing.
The shortest war in history lasted only a few minutes. It took place between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
Unbelievable Odd Facts That Will Blow Your Mind part 2
The average person will eat approximately 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without the aid of a telescope.
The world’s oldest known pants were found in China and are over 3,000 years old.
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Some turtles can breathe through their backside.
Humans are the only animals that blush.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear, allowing them to rotate their ears 180 degrees.
The top six foods that people are allergic to are milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish.
The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Strawberries are not berries, but bananas are.
The average lightning bolt is only one inch wide.
The Earth is struck by lightning about 100 times per second.
The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone in the ear, which is about the size of a grain of rice.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain on Earth when measured from base to summit. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest when measured from base to summit.
The bark of a tree is made up of dead cells.
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches in the summer due to the expansion of the iron on hot days.
The average person will spend at least six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
The average person blinks approximately 15,000 times per day.
The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter muscle in the jaw.
Polar bears have black skin.
A hummingbird’s heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute.
Lobsters don’t age, and they can keep growing throughout their lives.