(In fact, it’s quite a conversation starter.)
Yep, you heard that right.
Germany is estimated to have25,000castles, and there are around13,000McDonald’s locations in America.
2.In Washington state, there’s a real-life law stating it’sillegalto kill Bigfoot and other sasquatch-like creatures.
And you know what?
3.Dogsare one of the three deadliest animals in the UK.
The other two are bees and cows.
4.Sloths are slow in everything they do including digestion.
5.There are caves in Missouri that store 1.4 billion pounds ofgovernment-owned cheese.
Located deep in the Ozark Mountains in limestone-converted mines, the caves are kept at a perfect 36oF.
As someone who’s lactose intolerant, my stomach is in knots just thinking about it.
6.This one actually made me do a double-take: Cornflakes were invented tosuppresssexual impulses and desires.
7.Cockroach dust plays a part in why so many inner-city children haveasthma.
8.A single cloud can weigh about550 tonsor more.
9.Believe it or not, Canadians eat more Kraftmacaroni and cheesethan Americans.
Like, 55% more.
10.Giraffes in the wild only sleep for aroundfive minutesat a time.
If keeping watch for a giraffe as they slept was a job, I’d apply in a heartbeat.
13.In Switzerland, owning only one guinea pig or parrot isillegal.
16.No one commits to the bit better than Toni Collete.
20.Male ducks havecorkscrew-shapedpenises.
21.Miss Piggy’s original name was going to bePiggy Lee.
Whatever other fears one may have are shaped or learned with experience.
24.Lady Gaga, bless her heart, once spent $50K on aghost detector.
25.To protect themselves from their super-strong pecks, woodpeckerswrap their tonguesaround their brains.
What a cool party trick.
26.For her role inWinter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrencelearned how to skin a squirrel.
27.Pound cakeis called that because the original recipe used one pound of each ingredient.
28.In the Great Barrier Reef, there’s acoral reefthat’s taller than the Empire State Building.
29.Male giraffes will taste a female giraffe’s urine to see if she isready to mate.
Even in the animal kingdom, men cannot mind their business.
30.On average, lightning strikes Earth100 timesper second.
As if it’s his fault!
32.Attempting to get kids to eat more vegetables, McDonald’s engineerbubblegum-flavored broccoli.
Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t a hit.
34.Due to their genes, redheads may need about 20%more anesthesiathan non-redheads.
36.There are more possiblechess game variationsthan atoms in the universe.
After the deed is done, the hole closes right back up.
Way better than Coachella, IMO.
39.I was pleased to find out that abuttloadis an actual unit of measurement!
One buttload is equivalent to 126 gallons of wine.
40.Back in the day, Victoriansate arsenicto get a paler complexion.
41.There’s a church decorated with thebones of 40,000 peoplein Czechia.
42.Sharks were roaming the planetbefore Saturn’s ringsformed.
With this information, this is a shark’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
43.There are morefake flamingosin the world than real ones.
44.Humans typically produce0.5 to 1.5 liters of salivaevery day.
45.Crocodiles cangalloplike horses do.
Up to one-third of a living bone’s weight is water.
“Gnurr” is the term used to describe the lint that collects at the bottom of your pockets.
49.Scotland’snational animalis a unicorn.
50.The closest US state to Africa isMaine.
52.Armadillos almost always give birth toidentical quadruplets.
53.As long as you legally obtain human flesh or limbs,cannibalism is allowedin the Netherlands.
However, the blood contains a chemical that makes dogs, wolves, and coyotes noxious.
55.A rainbow on Venus is called a"glory."
56.Frogsuse their eyesto help them swallow their meals.
57.Human brains are constantly eating themselves.
58.The fear of long words is calledhippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
After seeing that, I’m scared, too.
59.Ants don’t have lungs.
Instead, they breathe through tiny holes on the sides of their bodies calledspiracles.
61.Due to thermal expansion, the Eiffel Tower can “grow” up tosix inchesin the summer.
62.Tigers don’t just have striped fur but skin, too!
If you were to shave a tiger, you’d findidentical striped markingsas if they were tattoos.
64.Ablue whale’s heartbeatcan be heard from two miles away.
65.Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.
66.Before toiler paper,corn cobswere used as a method of wiping.
67.This one might unsettle you, butsnails have teeth.
Snails can have up to 1,000 to 12,000 teeth.
I don’t know what they need those for, but good for them!
I hope they have snail dentists, then.
69.The real name of a hashtag is actuallyoctothorpe.
BRB, gonna cry for a sec.
71.For most people, its impossible to lick their elbows.
(Go ahead, try it.)
72.A French general gave John Quincy Adams an alligator as a gift.
The gator was kept in one of theWhite House’s bathtubs.
74.A dentistinvented the electric chairas a method for execution.
Simply put, I’m glad I wasn’t his patient.
75.Like fingerprints, human tongues also have uniquetongueprints.
77.Animals process time differently depending on their size.
Research suggests thatsmaller animalslike mice and lizards process time faster than larger animals like elephants and giraffes.
This is also true about animals that fly and marine predators.
Due to fast-paced lifestyles, these animals have visual systems that take in changes at higher and faster rates.
78.Competitive artwas considered a sport for the first four decades of the modern Olympics.
Artists could earn medals for painting, architecture, sculpting, and music.
79.From 19241954,stop signsused to be yellow.
It wasn’t until the 1950s that sign makers began using fade-resistant enamel.
He often competed in wrestling matches when he was younger and rarely lost.
There’s even a mural of Lincoln inside the Hall of Fame museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
82.Among the world’s five ocean basins, the Atlantic Ocean takes the cake as thesaltiest.
84.Unfortunately, George Washington diednot knowingdinosaurs existed.
The first and former president died in 1799, while the first official description of dinosaurs happened in 1842.
86.A polar bear’s fur isn’t actually white; it’stranslucent.
It only appears white because it reflects visible light.
87.It’s certainly possible to use sign language with anaccent.
88.Australia iswiderthan the moon.
The moon’s diameter is around 2,112 miles, while Australia’s is 2,485 miles.
89.Thefastest-movingmuscle in the human body is the eyes.
It’s called the orbicularis oculi, and we have one in each eye.
90.The Olympic rings were first produced in 1913, and they were designed toincludeall participating nations.
91.There was once a French king who believed he wasmade of glass.
92.Beer wasbannedin Iceland until 1989.
93.Oscar the Grouch fromSesame Steetwasoriginally orangeinstead of green.
It wasn’t until season 2 that he turned green.
94.If you ever wondered where the term “honeymoon” came from, itoriginatedin the Middle Ages.
95.Due to increased blood flow to the fingertips, human fingernails grow faster during summertime.
96.Illinois is known as thepumpkin capitalof the United States.
97.A housefly’s feet are 10 million timesmore sensitivethan a human tongue.
98.Californiaexperiencesover 100,000 earthquakes a year.
Thankfully, though, many of them are minor or are barely felt at all!
The tree serves as athank-you giftfor all the help the UK gave Norway during WWII.
100.Owls sometimesswallowtheir food whole.
101.The average Swiss person consumes about48 poundsof cheese per year.
