70 Interesting Facts About Practically Everything

Whether one likes it or not, pollution is one of the most ignored concepts in the modern world. Here are some shocking facts on pollution which give a quick glance through of how this destroyer is up to creating havoc on the earth. One of the most intriguing things about travelling is discovering why things are the way they are today. From hidden secrets to strange phenomenons, here’s things about the world that may sound absurd at first but are actually proven to be true facts!

Interesting Facts About the World That Sound Absurd But Are

1. Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.
2. The tallest man ever recorded was American giant Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who stood 8 feet 11 inches. Wadlow’s size was the result of abnormally enlarged pituitary gland
3. A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
4. Nearly 30,000 rubber ducks were lost at sea in 1992 and are still being discovered today.
5. The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
6. THE PLANET HAS A WAISTLINE
7. There are only two countries in the world where Coca Cola does not exist
8. Fact: Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world
9. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
10. You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from two miles away.
11. The Four Corners is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
12. President Lyndon B. Johnson owned a water-surfing car.
13. Sudan has the most pyramids in the world (not Egypt)
14. The Sahara Desert used to be a tropical rainforest
15. Macchu Pichu is an earthquake-proof city
16. The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language.
17. David Bowie helped topple the Berlin Wall.
18. China has only one timezone
19. Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive.
20. The hardest working muscle in your body is your heart: It pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood a day and beats more than 2.5 billion times in a 70-year life span
21. Fact: The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long
22. San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Bridge ‘speaks’
23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
24. You can go on a safari in Sri Lanka
25. Fact: The first time the word “period” was used on TV in reference to menstruation was 1985
26. Preserves are like jam but made with more whole fruit. Marmalade is preserves made from citrus fruit.
27. Fact: The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels
28. Ant’s take rest for around 8 Minutes in 12 hour period.
29. A real-life Spirited Away bathhouse exists in Tainan
30. Fact: The world’s first animated feature film was made in Argentina
31. “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
32. Thailand has a festival to appreciate their monkeys
33. The White House in Washington, DC, has 132 rooms, including 35 bathrooms.
34. Coca-Cola was originally green.
35. Fact: The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands
36. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
37. Fact: There’s enough gold inside Earth to coat the planet
38. The chief translator of the European Parliament speaks 32 languages fluently.
39. Fact: Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust
40. The most requested funeral song in England is by Monty Python.
41. Fact: The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland
42. Research shows that all blue-eyed people may be related.
43. The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
44. You’re always seven years behind in Ethiopia
45. These bats in Thailand are the world’s tiniest mammals
46. Fact : Pollution is one of the biggest killers, affecting more than 100 million worldwide.
47. Polar bear fur is actually clear, and their skin is black.
48. Worldwide, 73 percent of beach litter is plastic: filters from cigarette butts, bottles, bottle caps, food wrappers, grocery bags, and polystyrene containers.
49. Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
50. Before 1913 parents could mail their kids to Grandma’s – through the postal service.
51. Fact : More than 1 billion people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water.
52. Goats have accents.
53. Baby flamingos are born grey, not pink.
54. Fact : 5000 people die every day as a result of drinking unclean water.
55. A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance
56. Fact : The garbage dumped in the ocean every year is roughly around 14 billion pounds. Plastic is the major constituent.
57. Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it wouldn’t stop swearing. Polly wants her mouth washed out.
58. Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
59. Fact: The United States produces 30% of the world’s waste and uses 25 % of the worlds natural resources.
60. Birds can not live in space – they need gravity to be able to swallow.
61. Before the invention of modern false teeth, dentures were commonly made from the teeth of dead soldiers.
62. Fact : The Mississippi River dumps 1.5 million metric tonnes of nitrogen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico every year.
63. Abe Lincoln was a champion wrestler. He was also a licensed bartender. Maybe they should call him an “Abe of all trades.”
64. Fact : Antarctica is the cleanest place on Earth protected by anti-pollution laws.
65. Pope Gregory IV once declared war on cats because he believed Satan used black cats. His declaration lead to the mass extermination of cats.
66. Fact : Scientific research has proven that carbon dioxide emissions are lowering the pH of the ocean and are acidifying them even more.
67. Think before you season. In Egypt, it’s considered incredibly rude to salt food that has been served to you.
68. Fact : A single-car generates half a ton of CO2, and a NASA space shuttle releases 28 tons of C02.
69. Spend too much on drinks when you eat out? A small town in Italy actually has a fountain that serves free wine.
70. There is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. In a group of 367 people, it is a 100% chance. But only 70 people are required for a 99.9% chance.

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