100 random facts

  1. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
  2. The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes. It occurred in 1896 between the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
  3. There is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal. It can revert back to its earliest stage of life after reaching maturity.
  4. The world’s oldest known recipe is a beer recipe from ancient Sumer, dating back to around 1800 BCE.
  5. Wombat feces are cube-shaped. This unique shape prevents them from rolling away and helps mark their territory.
  6. Scotland has 421 words for snow, according to a study by the University of Glasgow.
  7. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye, contrary to popular belief.
  8. Astronauts cannot cry in space because there is no gravity to allow tears to flow.
  9. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters: A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, and ‘okina (a glottal stop).
  10. The world’s oldest known living organism is a 9,550-year-old spruce tree named “Old Tjikko,” located in Sweden.
  11. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
  12. The shortest war in U.S. history was the Toledo War, which lasted only 29 hours in 1835 between Ohio and Michigan.
  13. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by ancient Egyptians as a barrier method.
  14. Male seahorses are the ones who get pregnant and give birth to their offspring.
  15. The Eiffel Tower grows in height by up to 6 inches (15 cm) during the summer due to thermal expansion.
  16. The average person spends about 6 months of their lifetime waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
  17. Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them.
  18. The world’s quietest room, an anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minnesota, is so quiet that you can hear your own heartbeat and it can cause hallucinations.
  19. Bananas are berries, while strawberries are not.
  20. Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.
  21. The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a 35,000-year-old flute made from bird bones.
  22. The shortest war in modern history lasted only 38 minutes and took place in 2003 between the countries of the Comoros and France.
  23. The longest wedding veil in history was longer than 23 football fields, measuring 22,843 feet and 2 inches.
  24. The world’s largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick, observed in Montana in 1887.
  25. The oldest known surviving pair of shoes is over 5,500 years old and was discovered in Armenia.
  26. Octopuses have three hearts.
  27. The world’s largest volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii, which measures about 30,000 feet from its base on the ocean floor to its summit.
  28. A single strand of spaghetti is called a “spaghetto.”
  29. The shortest scheduled commercial flight in the world is between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray, lasting only 1.7 miles and taking around 1 minute.
  30. The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
  31. The oldest university in the world is the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco, founded in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri, a Muslim woman. It is recognized by UNESCO and Guinness World Records as the oldest existing degree-granting university.
  32. The world’s largest sandcastle was built in Germany in 2019 and stood at a towering height of 57 feet and 11 inches.
  33. The deepest part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters).
  34. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on Earth, visible even from outer space.
  35. The fingerprints of koalas are so similar to humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.
  36. The average person blinks around 15 to 20 times per minute, which amounts to about 1,200 times per hour.
  37. The world’s oldest known message in a bottle was found 108 years after it was thrown into the sea.
  38. The shortest verse in the Bible is “Jesus wept” (John 11:35).
  39. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
  40. The name “Google” originated from a misspelling of “googol,” which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
  41. Astronauts’ height can increase by up to 2 inches (5 cm) when they spend an extended period of time in space due to the lack of gravity compressing their spines.
  42. The total weight of all the ants on Earth is estimated to be equal to or greater than the weight of all the humans on the planet.
  43. The shortest distance between Russia and the United States is approximately 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers), separating the islands of Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA) in the Bering Strait.
  44. The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat, which weighs around 2 grams.
  45. The city of Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents—Europe and Asia.
  46. The world’s oldest known cave paintings, dating back over 40,000 years, were discovered in Indonesia.
  47. The Amazon rainforest produces around 20% of the world’s oxygen, earning it the nickname “the lungs of the Earth.”
  48. The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms) and contains around 86 billion nerve cells.
  49. The Statue of Liberty in New York was a gift from France and was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
  50. The slowest animal on Earth is the sloth, which moves so slowly that algae can grow on its fur.
  51. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) in Antarctica.
  52. The largest species of penguin is the Emperor Penguin, which can grow up to about 3.7 feet (1.1 meters) tall.
  53. The first computer mouse was made of wood.
  54. The Sahara Desert is larger in size than the entire continental United States.
  55. The average person will spend about 26 years of their life asleep.
  56. The world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan Diamond, weighed 3,106 carats (1.37 pounds) when it was discovered in South Africa in 1905.
  57. The human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
  58. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, grows by about 4 millimeters every year due to tectonic plate movements.
  59. The oldest known written recipe is for beer, dating back to around 1800 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia.
  60. The oldest known written recipe is for beer, dating back to around 1800 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia. The recipe was inscribed on a clay tablet and included ingredients like barley, malt, and dates, providing evidence of beer brewing in early civilizations.
  61. The average person produces about 25,000 quarts (23,600 liters) of saliva in a lifetime, which is enough to fill two swimming pools.
  62. The first video uploaded to YouTube was titled “Me at the zoo” and featured co-founder Jawed Karim.
  63. The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy when it was founded in 1904 to serve Italian immigrants in San Francisco.
  64. The shortest scheduled flight in the world takes place between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray, lasting just 47 seconds.
  65. The largest organism on Earth is a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the honey fungus, spanning an area of over 2,385 acres (965 hectares) in Oregon’s Blue Mountains.
  66. The average person spends about 6 months of their life waiting at traffic lights.
  67. The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which lasted only 38 minutes on August 27, 1896.
  68. The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Dr. Alfred P. Southwick, in the late 19th century.
  69. The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust.
  70. The average person takes over 20,000 breaths per day.
  71. The world’s largest pizza was made in 2012 and measured 131 feet (39.7 meters) in diameter.
  72. The world’s oldest known book is the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist text printed in 868 CE.
  73. The first known use of the “@” symbol was in a letter written in 1536 by a Florentine merchant named Francesco Lapi.
  74. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
  75. The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
  76. The world’s largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches (38 cm) in diameter and fell in Montana, USA, in 1887.
  77. The average person spends about 2 weeks of their life kissing.
  78. The fastest land animal is the cheetah, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph (113 km/h).
  79. The longest recorded flight of a paper airplane is 27.6 seconds.
  80. The world’s largest iceberg was nearly the size of Belgium, measuring about 11,000 square kilometers (4,250 square miles).
  81. The average human body contains enough sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog.
  82. The oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a vulture’s wing bone, dating back over 40,000 years.
  83. The world’s largest collection of rubber ducks contains over 9,000 ducks and is owned by Charlotte Lee in the UK.
  84. The average person spends about 4 years of their life looking down at their cell phone.
  85. The largest recorded earthquake in history was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, with a magnitude of 9.5.
  86. The world’s tallest tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands at a height of 379.7 feet (115.7 meters).
  87. The longest recorded hiccup attack lasted 68 years, from 1922 to 1990.
  88. The world’s largest producer of vanilla is Madagascar.
  89. The average person blinks about 15,000 times per day.
  90. The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius) in Death Valley, California, in 1913.
  91. The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat. It weighs about 2 grams (0.07 ounces) and has a wingspan of approximately 6 inches (15 centimeters).
  92. The oldest known living organism is a bristlecone pine tree named Methuselah, estimated to be around 4,800 years old.
  93. The human brain is the most energy-consuming organ, using about 20% of the body’s total energy despite representing only 2% of its weight.
  94. The shortest commercial flight in the world takes place between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray and lasts approximately 1-2 minutes, covering a distance of 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers).
  95. The world’s largest cave by volume is the Son Doong Cave in Vietnam, capable of fitting a 40-story skyscraper within its walls.
  96. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) at the Soviet Union’s Vostok Station in 1983.
  97. The world’s largest living fish is the whale shark, reaching lengths of up to 40 feet (12 meters) and weighing around 20 tons.
  98. The longest recorded distance ever walked by a person is 19,019 miles (30,608 kilometers), accomplished by George Meegan from 1977 to 1983 during his walk from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
  99. The world’s fastest land animal is the cheetah, capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 miles per hour (0 to 97 kilometers per hour) in just a few seconds.
  100. The Great Wall of China stretches over approximately 13,000 miles (21,196 kilometers) and is visible from space with the aid of telescopic lenses, although it is not easily visible to the naked eye.
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