Random Facts that can blow your mind🤯
Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese.
During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
Samuel L. Jackson requested a purple lightsaber in Star Wars in order for him to accept the part as Mace Windu.
In June 2017, the Facebook community reached 2 billion active users.
Madonna suffers from brontophobia, which is the fear of thunder.
Four people lived in a home for 6 months infested with about 2,000 brown recluse spiders, but none of them were harmed.
Mewtwo is a clone of the Pokémon Mew, yet it comes before Mew in the Pokédex.
Strawberries can be red, yellow, green or white.
Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
In total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.
George W. Bush was once a cheerleader.
Dolly Parton lost in a Dolly Parton look-alike contest.
Male cats have longer tails than female cats.
Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
Tears contain a natural painkiller, which reduces pain and improves your mood.
Ants leave maps for other ants when they walk.
According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
In 2011, more than 1 in 3 divorce filings in the U.S. contained the word “Facebook.”
Nutella was invented during WWII, when hazelnuts were mixed into chocolate to extend chocolate rations.
The world record for stuffing drinking straws into your mouth at once is 459.
Michael Jackson offered to make a Harry Potter musical, but J.K. Rowling rejected the idea.
The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime.
An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
There is official Wizard of New Zealand.
Queen Elizabeth II can’t sit on the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.
The 20th of March is Snowman Burning Day.
The most venomous jellyfish in the world is the Irukandji.
A goat called William Windsor served as a Lance Corporal in the British Army.
Some insects and small birds see the world in slow motion.
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
Mike Tyson once offered a zoo attendant 10,000 dollars to let him fight a gorilla.
It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18th February 1979.
In the popular sitcom, Parks and Recreation, the writers had no idea Nick Offerman was a talented saxophone player when they wrote the Duke Silver plot line.
Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.
The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan
There is a total of 1,710 steps in the Eiffel Tower.
Hewlett-Packard’s (also known as HP) name was decided in a coin toss in 1939.
J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name “Hermione” so young girls wouldn’t be teased for being nerdy.
A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.
A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out.
Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Eating carrots can turn your skin orange.
A swarm of 20,000 bees followed a car for two days because their queen was stuck inside.
While trying to find a cure for AIDS, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.
The Battle of Hastings didn’t take place in Hastings.
Honeybees can recognize human faces.
95% of people text things they could never say in person.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all banned in China.
Approximately 10-20% of U.S. power outages are caused by squirrels.
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch television for 3 hours.
In the 16th Century, Turkish women could initiate a divorce if their husbands didn’t pour coffee for them.
The average male gets bored of a shopping trip after 26 minutes.
In Uganda, around 48% of the population is under 15 years of age.
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.
The following can be read forward and backwards: Do geese see God?
The United States Navy has started using Xbox controllers for their periscopes.
A baby spider is called a spiderling.
Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.
A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away.
The top six foods that make your fart are beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk.
Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
Tennis players are not allowed to swear when they are playing in Wimbledon.
The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
An eagle can hunt down a young deer and fly away with it.
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”.
Car manufacturer Volkswagen makes sausages.
Polar bears could eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting…
If Pinocchio says “My Nose Will Grow Now”, it would cause a paradox.
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
The original London Bridge is now in Arizona.
Most Korean people don’t have armpit odor.
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.
If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
Crows can hold grudges against specific individual people.
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
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