Weird Facts – Unbelievable Trivia that Will Blow Your Mind
The average person walks about 70,000 miles in their lifetime – that’s like walking around the earth three times!
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Honey never spoils – archaeologists have discovered 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 person has about 70,000 thoughts per day.
The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia around 5,000 BC.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without aid.
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
Playing video games can improve your vision.
Slugs have four noses.
The first oranges weren’t orange – they were green!
The speed of light is used to measure the distance between Earth and the moon.
Apples float in water because they are 25% air.
Sneezing with your eyes open is impossible.
Ants never sleep.
Strawberries are not technically berries, but bananas are.
The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches in diameter.
There are more possible iterations of a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
The shortest war in history lasted only 2 hours and 55 minutes between Britain and France in 1898.
Weird Facts – Unbelievable Trivia that Will Blow Your Mind part 2
The shortest complete sentence in the English language is I am.
Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.
The first product to feature a barcode was Wrigley’s chewing gum.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
The world’s smallest reptile is a chameleon species called Brookesia micra, which can fit on a fingertip.
A snail can sleep for up to three years.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times more powerful than a human’s.
Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater.
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
The oldest known living tree is over 5,000 years old.
The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
The average person eats about 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
A single cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
There are more possible iterations of a game of tic-tac-toe than there are atoms in the known universe.
The Great Sphinx in Egypt has the body of a lion, but the head of a human.
Giraffes have the same number of neck bones as humans – just seven!
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and is topped with gold leaf.
The average person spends about six months of their life waiting for traffic lights to turn green.
The longest wedding veil measured over 2 miles long.
The oldest known joke is a Sumerian joke from 1900 BC.
The largest snowflake ever recorded was 8 inches wide.