1. In 1938, Time Magazine chose Adolf Hitler for Man
of the Year.
2. Twelve people have walked on the moon.
3. Other than the Earth, the moon is the only other known
natural astrological object ever walked on.
4. Scientists are worried how radiation may be affecting humans
after a recent finding of mutant butterflies in Japan with abnormal legs, eyes
and wings among other things caused by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear
accident which was triggered by a major tsunami in March 2011. The tsunami
waves were an effect of an underwater earthquake.
5. Humans and giraffes both have seven vertebrae bones in the neck.
It’s not unusual for a mammal to have 7 vertebra bones in the neck but it’s
interesting that the long neck of a full grown giraffe has the same amount.
6. The active ingredient in most toothpaste is called sodium
fluoride. Sodium fluoride can be lethal, young children using regular
toothpaste with this ingredient should be monitored. Even swallowing small
amounts can cause stomach problems or worst.
7. Over 3 million people globally every month search for
something online with the words interesting facts in it
according to the most popular search engine.
8. There are no land snakes in New Zealand. It’s part of New
Zealand’s bio security to keep all snakes out and if a person is aware of a
snake, by law it must be reported.
9. New Zealand is free of heartworm disease and rabies.
10. Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
11. Did you know Disneyland does not sell chewing gum? Walt
Disney did not want guests inconvenienced by stepping on gum purchased in the
park.
12. Each year Disneyland uses over 5,000 gallons of paint to
maintain the clean appearance of the park.
13. Giraffes can go without water longer than a camel. That’s
wild!
14. The person reading this is intelligent, interesting and
unique. Flattery is alright as long as we don’t inhale!
15. Many people who read the word yawn or yawning begin to feel
the urge to yawn.
16. The 2nd president of the United States (John Adams) and 3rd
president of the United States (Thomas Jefferson) both died within just a few
hours apart of each other on the same exact day of July 4th 1826. They are the
only two presidents to die on the same day of the same year. It’s true!
17. When the Titanic departed from port it was documented to have
carried approximately 1000 loaves of bread, 86,000 pounds of meat, 40,000 eggs
and 36,000 apples to feed the passengers and crew on the 7 day voyage. Now
those are some interesting facts!
18. Dogs can have a fatal reaction to eating chocolate. Chocolate
contains a bitter alkaloid called Theobromine also known as Xantheose and
that’s the active ingredient that’s bad for the dog. If you’ve read all
the interesting facts to this point you’re awesome!
19. For a butterfly to fly it must have a body temperature of no
less than 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius.
20. The largest milk producing country by volume in the whole
world is India.
21. It is a fact that the first game of chess has been traced
back to have originated in northern India. Like other 1,000+ year old games, it
would have been played differently than today’s rules. It’s thought that
today’s rules have been around since sometime in the 1400′s A.D.
22. In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service has an
employee’s handbook for the collections division unit. Here’s the interesting
part, in it are instructions which guide employees on how to collect taxes
after a nuclear war. Kinda Scary!
23. If you are severely scared of going to the dentist or having
dental work, you may actually have a phobia called odontophobia.
24. Almonds are members of the rose flower family or rosaceae
family. The peach is also a member of the rose family.
25. The tallest girl in the world ever recorded was 8 feet 2
inches tall and died at the young age of 17.
26. The average human with a full head of hair contains between
85,000 to 150,000 hair.
27. Jupiter is the largest planet in the earth’s solar system. I
should’ve known that one by now.
28. Squirrels forget where about 50% of the nuts they’ve hidden
are. Reminds me of Ice Age.
30. Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster. Weird!
31. Only humans cry because of feelings. Awesome!
32. Mohammad is the most common birth name in the world.
33. It takes about 7 minutes for the average person to fall
asleep. If you’ve read all the interesting facts to this
point you’re amazing!
34. You can give change for a dollar in 293 different coin variations.
Good luck!
35. About 1 out of every 2 million people will die by falling out
of bed. Be careful, not funny. Most who will die this way are either very young
children or elderly people.
36. The construction on the Parisian Notre Dame Cathedral began
in 1015 A.D and it took over 400 years to complete, it was completed in 1439
A.D. It’s a well-known historic Roman catholic church in Paris.
37. If the human stomach doesn’t produce a new layer of mucus
every two weeks it will totally digest itself. Weird!
38. 75% of the world’s population wash themselves in the shower
from the top to the bottom. Head first, feet last people.
39. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year. A leap year has
31,622,400 seconds. Amazing..
40. Approximately one fifth of all the publications from Japan
are comic books.
41. Did you know a slug has not only one nose but four? What a
lot of people call a nose on a slug is actually a breathing pore called a
pneumostome.
42. Four out of five people over 100 years old are women.
Interesting!
43. The price of the Titanic cost about $7 million to build and
the price of the Titanic movie was about $200 million to make. Unbelievable!
44. It’s true! There is only one metal that’s in liquid form at
room temperature and that’s Mercury.
45. When water freezes it expands by 10%.
46. The only animal with four knees is the elephant.
47. Birth control pills designed for humans will also work for a
gorilla. Now that’s Strange!
48. If you have a deep genuine fear of the number 13, you may
have Paraskevidekatriaphobia also called Friggatriskaidekaphobia or Triskaidekaphobia.
49. A mid-sized car launched today generates only an estimated 5%
of the pollution which was generated by a car from fifty years ago. Awesome!
50. Stopping a supertanker which is fully loaded and travels at a
normal speed needs about 20 minutes to stop completely.
51. A cat’s ear has a total of thirty two muscles.
52. The average person laughs 15 times per day. Hahaha!
53. The eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain.
54. A person eats around 60,000 pounds worth of food during his
life which is the equivalent of six elephants. Incredible!
55. Ants can pull about 30 times their own weight and lift about
50 times their own weight.
56. A lion can mate more than 50 times in one day. Huh!
57. Did you know, you cannot fold an 8.5″ x 11″ or smaller piece of paper in half more than 7 times?
Try it! The Myth Busters hosts on the Discovery channel folded a piece of paper
more than 7 times but it was a really large sheet of paper.
58. More people are killed from donkeys in a year than planes.
59. Oh no, there’s only 20 more interesting facts to go on
this page.
60. Dead skin is the root cause of most of the dust in your
house. That’s Gross.
61. Lung cancer was how the cigarette company Marlboro’s first
owner died. Not surprising!
62. Snails can sleep for up to 3 years.
63. You cannot think of an English word to rhyme with the word
month because there isn’t one.
64. If an infant becomes blind soon after they’re born they will
still almost always see images in their dreams, but infants born with blindness
will most likely never have dreams with images. People who were born blind do
still have very emotionally intense dreams which include hearing, smells,
feeling and taste. Now that’s an interesting fact about dreams.
65. It is against the law in the state of Kentucky to marry a man
more than 3 times.
66. In the state of Kentucky it is against the law to carry an
ice cream in your back pocket.
67. On December 16th 1811 the mighty Mississippi river began to
flow backwards due to a powerful earthquake.
68. Fires in the forest have been documented to move much faster uphill
than downhill.
69. Did you know that your brain has no pain receptors or pain
fibers and the brain itself cannot feel? Your brain cannot even feel pain.
Although headaches are still not all the way understood, one reason it’s
believed you feel headaches is because the skull is surrounded by what’s
called meninges or blood vessels which do have pain receptors.
70. Human brains are estimated to be 70 – 75% water
71. Most people shed between 50 to 100 hairs every day. The
question is - where do they go?
72. No other animal has a longer pregnancy term than that of the
elephant which is documented at an average of 22 months.
73. During World War 2 the Oscar award given out by the American
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was made of wood because most
common metals were very scarce.
74. Breast fed babies score slightly higher on mental development
tests than ones on formula.
75. People who apply sunscreen to themselves generally apply
50-75% less than the recommended amount according to the Archives of
Dermatology.
76. The color of a hen’s earlobes will usually determine the
color of the egg shell. Farmers know hens with red or darker colored earlobes
are most likely to lay brown eggs and hens with lighter colored or white
earlobes will usually lay white eggs.
77. There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City.
78. Hartsdale New York has a pet cemetery with more than 12,000
pets buried.
79. Only
one state in the United States contains only one syllable, the state of Maine.
