110 Random Facts I Had to Double-Check to Believe

### **110 Random Facts That Sound Unreal but Are True**

Here’s a collection of fascinating, bizarre, and thought-provoking facts from various domains. Some of these are so surprising that they required a double-take to verify!

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### **Science & Nature**
1. Water can boil and freeze at the same time, a phenomenon called the "triple point."
2. Octopuses have three hearts; two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
3. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
4. The sun is so massive that it makes up about 99.86% of the mass of the solar system.
5. Honey never spoils; archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs.
6. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus due to its slow rotation.
7. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.
8. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins – up to 40 minutes.
9. Sharks existed before trees evolved.
10. A blue whale's heart can weigh as much as a small car.

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### **History**
11. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the first moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
12. Napoleon was once attacked by a horde of bunnies during a hunt.
13. The Eiffel Tower can grow by up to 6 inches in summer due to thermal expansion.
14. President John Tyler, born in 1790, still has living grandchildren.
15. The shortest war in history, between Britain and Zanzibar, lasted 38 minutes.
16. In 1518, a "dancing plague" in Strasbourg caused people to dance uncontrollably for days.
17. Ancient Romans used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste.
18. The Guinness World Records book was created to settle pub arguments.
19. The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
20. During WWII, Britain dropped fake wooden bombs on Germany to mock their dummy airfields.

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### **Geography**
21. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
22. The Sahara Desert can reach freezing temperatures at night.
23. Mount Everest grows about 4 millimeters taller every year.
24. Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state in the U.S. (due to the Aleutian Islands crossing the International Date Line).
25. Australia is wider than the moon.
26. There's a place in Canada called Dildo.
27. Russia spans 11 time zones.
28. The Dead Sea is so salty that people naturally float in it.
29. There's an island in Japan where rabbits outnumber humans.
30. Antarctica is technically a desert.

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### **Pop Culture & Arts**
31. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
32. The voice of Mickey Mouse married the voice of Minnie Mouse in real life.
33. The dot over the lowercase "i" and "j" is called a tittle.
34. Elvis Presley only won three Grammy Awards, despite his immense fame.
35. The famous Hollywood sign originally read "Hollywoodland."
36. Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd."
37. Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words, including "eyeball" and "swagger."
38. The first movie ever made was just 2.11 seconds long.
39. Fred and Wilma Flintstone were the first cartoon characters to be shown in bed together on TV.
40. The color of Oscar statuettes can tarnish if not handled properly.

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### **Human Body**
41. Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days.
42. Your body has more bacterial cells than human cells.
43. The human brain generates more electrical impulses daily than all the telephones in the world.
44. Fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.
45. The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached at just one end.
46. Humans are the only animals that blush.
47. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
48. The average human produces enough saliva in a lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
49. Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day.
50. Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.

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### **Space**
51. There’s a giant cloud of alcohol in space near the constellation Sagittarius.
52. A day on Mars is just 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
53. There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way.
54. Neutron stars are so dense that a sugar-cube-sized amount of their material would weigh about a billion tons.
55. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space, but cities are.
56. The temperature on Mercury can vary by over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit between day and night.
57. One spoonful of a neutron star would weigh 6 billion tons.
58. Saturn’s rings are younger than the dinosaurs.
59. There’s a planet made entirely of diamonds – 55 Cancri e.
60. Black holes "sing" by emitting sound waves, but they’re too low for human ears.

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### **Miscellaneous**
61. Wombat poop is cube-shaped.
62. Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.
63. The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.
64. Penguins propose to their mates with pebbles.
65. Sea otters hold hands while sleeping to keep from drifting apart.
66. Koalas have fingerprints that can confuse crime scene investigators.
67. The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.
68. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
69. There’s a McDonald’s on every continent except Antarctica.
70. Apples float because they are 25% air.

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### **Technology**
71. The first email was sent in 1971.
72. The first website ever is still online (info.cern.ch).
73. NASA’s internet speed can reach 91 gigabits per second.
74. There are currently more devices connected to the Internet than there are people on Earth.
75. The first text message ever sent was “Merry Christmas.”
76. CAPTCHA tests help train AI algorithms.
77. The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow typing speed.
78. The floppy disk icon is still used as the "save" icon even though most people have never used one.
79. Bluetooth is named after a Viking king, Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson.
80. Google processes over 8.5 billion searches per day.

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### **Animals**
81. A shrimp's heart is located in its head.
82. Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
83. A group of porcupines is called a "prickle."
84. Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans.
85. Male seahorses carry and give birth to their offspring.
86. Snails can sleep for up to three years.
87. Butterflies can taste with their feet.
88. Axolotls can regenerate their limbs and even parts of their heart.
89. Starfish have no brains or blood.
90. A cockroach can live for weeks without its head.

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### **Bonus Facts**
91. Hot water freezes faster than cold water (Mpemba effect).
92. The longest word in English has 189,819 letters.
93. Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
94. There’s a basketball court in the U.S. Supreme Court building.
95. LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world by unit count.
96. You can’t hum while holding your nose closed.
97. Pigeons can be trained to deliver messages.
98. The average cumulus cloud weighs over a million pounds.
99. The hashtag symbol is technically called an "octothorpe."
100. Tomatoes were once called "love apples."
101. There’s a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.
102. Lightning can strike the same place multiple times.
103. Cats can’t taste sweetness.
104. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals to humans.
105. An avocado is a fruit, not a vegetable.
106. Some fish communicate by releasing sounds through flatulence.
107. The inventor of the waterbed was inspired by cows.
108. The Great Lakes contain about 21% of the world’s fresh surface water.
109. The human body glows in the dark, but the light is too faint for the human eye to see.
110. Otters have a "favorite rock" they use to crack open shellfish.