Weird Interesting Facts
Did you know that a cat’s nose print is unique, just like a human’s fingerprint?
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have discovered jars of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896 and only lasted for 38 minutes.
Astronauts cannot burp in space due to the lack of gravity.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Beavers have transparent eyelids, which allow them to see underwater while still protecting their eyes.
The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for their hair to dry.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
The heaviest snowfall ever recorded in a single day occurred in the U.S. on April 14, 1921, when 75.8 inches of snow fell in Silver Lake, Colorado.
The oldest known tree in the world is a 9,550-year-old spruce tree named Methuselah located in the White Mountains of California.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The average person will spend two weeks of their life waiting for traffic lights to turn green.
Sloths only poop once a week.
The shortest war in history was between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969, and it lasted for just four days.
Weird Interesting Facts part 2
On average, people fear spiders more than they fear death.
Scorpions can hold their breath underwater for up to 48 hours.
The first oranges weren’t actually orange; they were green.
A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
In 2014, a Swedish woman mistakenly received a winning lottery ticket in the mail and ended up winning $15 million.
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
The oldest known recipe in the world is a recipe for beer, dating back to 3,900 BC.
Dolphins have been known to give names to each other.
Astronauts’ height can increase up to 2 inches while being in space, due to the absence of gravity compressing the spine.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
The average person spends five years of their life blinking.
The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Octopuses have three hearts.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig because they are highly social animals and get lonely easily.
The average person will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
Cows have best friends and become stressed when separated from them.
The oldest known message in a bottle was found on a beach in Germany, and it was thrown into the ocean over 100 years ago.
Your brain uses around 20% of your total energy, even though it only makes up about 2% of your body weight.
The world’s longest name of a place is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki-maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitnatahu,which is a hill in New Zealand.
The average person will shed around 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal and can revert back to its childlike state when it gets injured or sick.
The shortest river in the world is the Roe River in Montana, USA, which is only 201 feet long.
The world’s fastest ant is the Saharan silver ant, which can travel up to a meter per second.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for the traffic lights to turn green.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
The human brain has the capacity to store up to 2.5 petabytes of information, which is equivalent to 3 million hours of TV shows.
In the 18th century, wealthy Europeans would give their pet giraffes as gifts to other European royalty.
The fear of palindromes is called aibohphobia.