1. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible.
2. Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.
3. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the Earth’s beaches.
4. A single strand of spaghetti is called a “spaghetto.”
5. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
6. A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”
7. Octopuses have three hearts.
8. An octopus’ pupil is rectangular.
9. The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.
10. In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig because they are social animals.
11. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
12. A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
13. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
14. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
15. A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
16. The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Seuss in his book “If I Ran the Zoo.”
17. The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one.
18. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
19. The longest place name in the world is 85 letters long: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand.
20. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
21. A single cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
22. A human could swim through the arteries of a blue whale.
23. Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.
24. The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.
25. The current American flag was designed by a high school student as a class project.
26. The first computer virus was created in 1983 and was called “Elk Cloner.”
27. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
28. The first oranges weren’t orange. They were green.
29. A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.
30. The Twitter bird’s name is Larry.
31. A group of crows is called a “murder.”
32. Honeybees can recognize human faces.
33. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.
34. The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
35. Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
36. In France, it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
37. The majority of your brain is fat.
38. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
39. There’s a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It’s known as “the highest court in the land.”
40. The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet.
41. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop.
42. The inventor of the microwave oven received only $2 for his discovery.
43. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
44. The M’s in M&M’s stand for Mars and Murrie, the founders of the candy.
45. A small percentage of the static you see on “dead” TV channels is leftover radiation from the Big Bang.
46. The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
47. Chewing gum while cutting onions can help keep you from crying.
48. There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal.
49. A cat has been the mayor of an Alaskan town for 20 years.
50. A group of frogs is called an “army.”
51. Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.
52. In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.
53. In Japan, there are more pets than children.
54. The inventor of the super soaker was a NASA scientist.
55. The world’s smallest reptile was discovered in 2021 in Madagascar.
56. Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as wallpaper.
57. Some cats are allergic to humans.
58. A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo.”
59. The first webcam watched a coffee pot.
60. Bananas glow blue under black lights.
61. The inventor of Vaseline used to eat a spoonful of it every day.
62. An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
63. There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.
64. In South Korea, there is a special day to celebrate being single.
65. The only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name is Q.
66. A group of lemurs is called a “conspiracy.”
67. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion scents.
68. The first ever 3D film was released in 1922.
69. Pineapples take two years to grow.
70. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
71. A human sneeze can travel about 100 miles per hour.
72. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time.
73. Spiders can’t fly, but they can “balloon” using their silk to catch the wind and travel.
74. A baby spider is called a “spiderling.”
75. An adult human is made up of approximately 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.
76. A hummingbird’s heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.
77. A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
78. Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans: seven.
79. The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
80. The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971.
81. The first oranges were not orange, they were green.
82. Apples float in water because they are 25% air.
83. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
84. There’s a planet made of diamonds, twice the size of Earth.
85. Butterflies taste with their feet.
86. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
87. Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth.
88. The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
89. A snail can sleep for three years.
90. The hashtag symbol is technically called an “octothorpe.”
91. The 100 folds in a chef’s hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
92. A “butt” was a medieval unit of measurement for wine.
93. A cat’s tail contains almost 10% of all the bones in its body.
94. A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun.
95. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
96. A baby panda is smaller than a mouse at birth.
97. The longest English word is 189,819 letters long and takes about 3.5 hours to pronounce.
98. The world’s largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
99. The Statue of Liberty’s full name is “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
100. There’s a town in Norway called “Hell,” and it freezes over almost every winter.

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