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“Octopuses have three hearts – Two pump blood to the gills, while one pumps it to the rest of the body. When an octopus swims, the heart that delivers blood to the body stops beating.”

“Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, while trees appeared around 350 million years ago.”

“Lightning can reach temperatures up to 30,000 Kelvin (53,540°F or 30,000°C).”

“Charles Osborne of the U.S. had hiccups continuously from 1922 to 1990.”

“Dolphins have names for each other – They use unique whistles to identify each other, much like humans use names.”

“There’s enough gold in Earth’s oceans to coat the planet – It’s estimated that there are around 20 million tons of gold dissolved in Earth’s oceans.”

“Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, while dolphins can only hold their breath for about 10 minutes.”

“The moon is drifting away from Earth ! It moves about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) farther from our planet each year.”

“The long spiral tusk of a narwhal is an elongated tooth that can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.”

“Otters hold hands so that they don’t drift apart when they fall asleep in the water!”

“Some species of worms, like the planarian, can regrow their heads and other body parts if they’re cut off.”

“A group of owls is called a “parliament” – The term reflects their solemn, wise reputation in various cultures.”

“A blue whale’s tongue weighs as much as an elephant.”

“A day on Earth is not exactly 24 hours… It’s actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds, known as a sidereal day.”

“Known as the “Elk Cloner,” it was a harmless prank, but it marked the beginning of the digital virus era.”

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Scallops have teeth and eyes up to 200.

Due to ocean tides and earthquakes days get longer by 1.7 milliseconds each century.

It takes between 813 and 982 rubber bands to crush a human skull.

The position your tongue sits in in your mouth usually depends on what your first language is.

The longest English word is 189,819 letters long and it would take three and a half hours to say out loud.

If you lose the little cup to a Nyquil or Zzzquil bottle, to achieve a 30 mL dose you require 4 capfuls filled to the inside rim.

The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume.

There’s no such thing as zero-calorie foods. Even low-calorie foods, such as celery and watercress, contain more energy than the body needs to process them. 

All the world’s bacteria stacked on top of each other would stretch for 10 billion light-years. 

The world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old.

The world’s oldest cat lived to 38 years and three days old.

Wind turbines kill between 10,000 and 100,000 birds each year in the UK.

Snails have teeth. Between 1,000 and 12,000 teeth, to be precise.

A study in 2016 purports that among men, a larger signature correlates with higher social bravado and, among women, a bigger signature correlates with narcissistic traits.

One in 18 people have a third nipple. 

Deaf people are known to use sign language in their sleep.

Hippos don’t swim, they sink to the bottom of the riverbed and gallop in slow motion.

In 2013, a woman required surgery to remove feces build up as she was constipated for 45 days.

Studies have shown that even in emergencies, fish form orderly queues in order to not clog things up.

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Bluetooth is named after a 10th century king, Harald Bluetooth, who united Norway and Denmark.

The world record for the longest human chain is 652.4 miles, and it consisted of 5 million people in Bangladesh!

Rowan Atkinson. aka Mr. Bean, is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.

By a large margin, bananas are the most sold item at Walmart.

Sunsets on Mars are blue.
BLUE SUNSETS!!!

“lbs” comes from the Latin word “libra,” which means “pound.”

The small indents you see on the bottom of frozen pizzas are there to prevent air bubbles from forming inside the dough.

Melanistic animals are all black, and are the opposite of albinos.

After leaving a pineapple in an Art Museum for two days in 2016, a Scottish student returned to find that it was put into a glass case as part of an exhibit.

True Lies was the first ever movie to be given a 100 million dollar budget.

If you started digging in Argentina, it is possible to dig a hole’ to Chinain theory.

Researchers found fossils of a Mega Penguin’ that would have been 6 feet tall and weighed in at over 250 pounds.

The word Brah’ comes from Hawaii. It is short for Braddah’ which is surf slang for brother.

At one point, the offical state slogan of Nebraska was: “Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone.”

“Puppy Cats” are cats that are bred specifically to exhibit dog-like behavior.

In Slovakia, they have Christmas Carp that live in the family bathtub for a few days before they are eaten.

The Flintstones was the most profitable network cartoon franchise for 30 years & then came The Simpsons.

The University of Minnesota is older than Minnesota, the state itself unbelievable!

In 2019, MySpace was still getting 8 million visitors a month.

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Comets smell like rotten eggs. 

Ketchup was once sold as medicine. 

Only male toads make loud croaking sounds.

A woman in the United Kingdom once called the police when her ice cream didn’t have enough sprinkles.

The American white pelican can hold up to three gallons of water in its mouth.

Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.

Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch.

Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long.

Peanuts aren’t a type of nut. (They are actually legumes.)

The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.

Your nose and ears never stop growing.

Cats can’t taste anything sweet.

Male deer shed their antlers every year.

Approximately one quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

There are more than one million different species of insects on the planet.

Around 80 percent of orange cats are male.

The world’s largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, has a wingspan of around 10 inches.

M&M’s were the first candy that eaten in space.

Lions can sleep up to 21 hours in a day.

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It takes ~108 atoms laid in a row to span the width of a human fingernail (~1 cm.) If the same number of standard wooden pencils were laid end to end, they would circumnavigate the Earth’s equator more than 47 times.

Human’s ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark’s ability to smell blood in water.

Oregon is the only state with a state nut – the Hazelnut.

Since most people are right handed, in WW2 the Germans were specifically trained to eat with their left hand, so that finding spies from other countries would be easier to spot.

When unable to tell the difference between a bone and a rock in the archaeological field, it’s not uncommon to press it to one’s tongue. If it falls, it’s a rock, and if it sticks, it’s bone.

The reason the plural of Goose is Geese (same with tooth/teeth) but the plural of Moose is still Moose, is because the aforementioned comes from the Latin language while the latter comes from Native American languages, so it doesn’t follow the same rules as most other words.

The word LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire.

The shell is part of the turtle’s skeleton.

When you are looking at a star, you are literally looking in the past.

The first person to write about tofu in the English language was Benjamin Franklin.

Emma Morano of Italy was the last (documented and verified) person to die that was born in the 1800s. 29th November 1899 – 15th April 2017

There was a time on the Earth where there were, at least, four different human species at the same time. Homo sapiens, Homo Neanderthalensis, Homo denisova and Homo floresiensis.

The General Electric Company for many decades owned NBC. The three chimes of the NBC jingle are the notes G-E-C. During the radio era if that chime ever had a fourth note, that was a signal for NBC employees to go into work because a major news story (i.e. D-Day) was about to break.

German chocolate cake was invented by an English-American baker named Samuel German and has nothing to do with the country of Germany.

Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog.

The figure in Munch’s ‘The Scream’ is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream.

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“Water can boil and freeze at the same time. This phenomenon, called the “triple point,” happens under specific conditions of pressure and temperature.”

“Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck bones. Both species have seven neck vertebrae, despite giraffes having much longer necks.”

“An adult human body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels. That’s enough to circle the Earth about four times!”

“The “D” in D-Day stands for “Day.” D-Day refers to the day of a military operation, not any specific date. It’s just shorthand for “Day of Decision.””

“A day on Mars is just 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth. Mars’ rotation period is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds.”

“The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. Despite their inability to fly like other birds, chickens can still manage short flights.”

“One light year is about 5.88 trillion miles. A light year measures distance, not time, and is the distance light travels in one Earth year.”

“The human nose can distinguish over 1 trillion different smells. This makes the human sense of smell far more sensitive than previously thought.”

“The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.2°C). It was recorded at the Soviet Union’s Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.”

“Butterflies taste with their feet. They have taste sensors on their feet to help them identify if a plant is suitable for laying eggs.”

“A “space smell” exists. Astronauts have described the scent of space as a combination of hot metal, welding fumes, and burnt steak.”

“The average human body has around 37.2 trillion cells. This is a rough estimate, but it shows the complexity of the human body.”

“Your stomach gets a new lining every few days. The stomach lining is constantly regenerating to protect it from the acids that help digest food.”

“Your body contains about 0.2 milligrams of gold. While the amount is tiny, it’s still enough to account for the gold found in your blood.”

“Space is completely silent. In the vacuum of space, there is no air to carry sound, meaning astronauts experience silence when outside a spacecraft.”

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“Octopuses have three hearts – Two pump blood to the gills, while one pumps it to the rest of the body. When an octopus swims, the heart that delivers blood to the body stops beating.”

“Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, while trees appeared around 350 million years ago.”

“Lightning can reach temperatures up to 30,000 Kelvin (53,540°F or 30,000°C).”

“Charles Osborne of the U.S. had hiccups continuously from 1922 to 1990.”

“Dolphins have names for each other – They use unique whistles to identify each other, much like humans use names.”

“There’s enough gold in Earth’s oceans to coat the planet – It’s estimated that there are around 20 million tons of gold dissolved in Earth’s oceans.”

“Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, while dolphins can only hold their breath for about 10 minutes.”

“The moon is drifting away from Earth ! It moves about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) farther from our planet each year.”

“The long spiral tusk of a narwhal is an elongated tooth that can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.”

“Otters hold hands so that they don’t drift apart when they fall asleep in the water!”

“Some species of worms, like the planarian, can regrow their heads and other body parts if they’re cut off.”

“A group of owls is called a “parliament” – The term reflects their solemn, wise reputation in various cultures.”

“A blue whale’s tongue weighs as much as an elephant.”

“A day on Earth is not exactly 24 hours… It’s actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds, known as a sidereal day.”

“Known as the “Elk Cloner,” it was a harmless prank, but it marked the beginning of the digital virus era.”

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