50 Amazing Facts

Here are 50 amazing facts for you:

1. A sneeze can travel up to 100 mph.
2. Coca-Cola was originally green before the color was changed to red.
3. The longest word in the English dictionary is 189,819 letters long, and it’s the chemical name for Titin, a protein.
4. A blue whale’s heart weighs as much as a car—around 1,300 pounds!
5. The first human-made object to leave the solar system is the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
6. Butterflies taste with their feet.
7. The world’s largest living organism is a fungus in Oregon that covers over 2,385 acres.
8. A “jiffy” is actually a unit of time—1/100th of a second.
9. You can’t hum while holding your nose, as you need airflow to hum.
10. The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.
11. Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans—only 7, despite their long necks.
12. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance at Blenheim Palace.
13. There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.
14. Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
15. The largest desert in the world is Antarctica, not the Sahara.
16. Dolphins sleep with one eye open to stay aware of predators and their environment.
17. The shortest commercial flight is between two islands in Scotland and lasts just 57 seconds.
18. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to the expansion of iron in the heat.
19. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth’s beaches.
20. A day on Mars is only 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
21. The name for the shape of Pringles chips is called a “hyperbolic paraboloid.”
22. Rats can’t vomit, which makes them susceptible to poison.
23. Honey never spoils, and archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient tombs.
24. Turtles can breathe through their butts—it’s called “cloacal respiration.”
25. Humans are the only species known to blush.
26. Scotland has 421 words for snow, reflecting how important it is to the culture.
27. A cat’s nose is as unique as a human’s fingerprint.
28. The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years (yes, you read that right!).
29. Sea otters hold hands while sleeping to keep from drifting apart.
30. A cockroach can live for weeks without its head, because its brain is spread throughout its body.
31. You can fit 1.1 million Earths inside the sun.
32. Polar bear skin is black, and their fur is actually clear.
33. The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m., invented by Levi Hutchins in 1787.
34. Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes underwater.
35. A group of crows is called a murder.
36. The longest word you can type on a QWERTY keyboard with only your left hand is “stewardesses.”
37. Sharks are older than trees—they’ve been around for over 400 million years.
38. The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller in the summer due to the heat expansion of iron.
39. The world’s largest pyramid is in Mexico, not Egypt, and it’s even bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
40. Honeybees can recognize human faces.
41. Elephants can’t jump—but they can walk up stairs.
42. A giraffe’s tongue is purple to protect it from the sun while it feeds on leaves.
43. The longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and is the chemical name for Titin.
44. Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day due to their low-energy diet.
45. Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets, meaning the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
46. Tigers have striped skin underneath their fur.
47. The word “nerd” was coined by Dr. Seuss in 1950 in his book If I Ran the Zoo.
48. A snail can sleep for up to three years.
49. In space, astronauts can’t cry because their tears won’t fall due to zero gravity.
50. The longest hiccuping spree ever recorded lasted 68 years.