WTF Facts – Unbelievable and Surprising Trivia

Did you know that cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated?

In Japan, there are square watermelons grown for easier stacking and storing.

The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.

The world’s oldest known recipe is a beer recipe from ancient Sumeria, dating back to 1800 BC.

Honey never spoils; it can remain edible for thousands of years.

A shrimp’s heart is located in its head.

Norway once knighted a penguin, making it a Sir.

Astronauts’ height can increase by up to 2 inches in space due to the absence of gravity.

The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.

The shortest war in history lasted only 38-45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.

Banana plants are giant herbs, not trees.

There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones.

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater into fresh water.

New Zealand is home to the longest place name in the world: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitnatahu.

Humans share about 50% of their DNA with bananas.

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig as they are social animals.

The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball if scaled down to the size of a billiard ball.

The total weight of all ants on Earth is greater than the weight of all humans.

WTF Facts – Unbelievable and Surprising Trivia part 2

The shortest commercial flight in the world is between two Scottish islands, lasting only 47 seconds.

Snails can sleep for up to three years.

Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all wars combined.

The oldest known living organism on Earth is a marine plant known as Posidonia oceanica, estimated to be over 100,000 years old.

Scotland has the highest number of redheads in the world, with 13% of the population having red hair.

The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

The month of July is named after Julius Caesar.

Octopuses have three hearts.

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.

The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a hollow bird bone, dating back approximately 40,000 years.

It takes 17 muscles in the face to smile and 43 to frown.

The world’s population could fit inside Los Angeles if it were as densely populated as Paris.

A giraffe’s neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human’s neck.

The average person spends six months of their lifetime waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.

The word queue is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.

The shortest war in history was between two African tribes and lasted only 40 minutes.

The human brain is capable of storing up to 2.5 petabytes of information.

The average person has around 9,000 taste buds.

Sloths move so slowly that algae can grow on their fur.

The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.

The word nerd was first coined by Dr. Seuss in his book If I Ran the Zoo.

The average person blinks approximately 15-20 times per minute.

The world’s oldest known rock formation is found in Canada and is approximately 4.03 billion years old.

Maine is the only US state with a name that consists of only one syllable.

The dot over the letter i is known as a tittle.