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The world we live in is full of Amazing and Random Facts you never knew.
Some of these facts are common knowledge, like never eating yellow snow, whilst some are rather unknown knowledge, like the fact that cheetahs love the smell of Calvin Klein fragrances.
Today we make these unknown facts, known! Hopefully you’re ready to retain some knowledge because we’ve got a treat for you today! [We Have Top Enigmatic, Intersting,And Amazing Facts]
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#1/ It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once
#2/ 26 sided shape is known as a rhombicuboctahedron.
#3/Boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York in his bath robe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture.
#4/ the military has used silly string to detect trip wires in Iraq. Before entering a room, they can squirt it inside. If it hangs in the air, it may have revealed a wire.
#5/applyingeven pressure on an egg, it is nearly impossible to break the shell by squeezing it.
#6/So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last of rinderpest was in 2001.
#7/Arecently discovered deep sea snail, the Scaly-Food Gastropod, has a shell that is impressively developed. So much so, that the U.S. military is trying to use its design to inspire defensive layers in military armor.
#8/There are over 6,000 known species of grass.
#9/The total weight of all air on Earth is 11 quintillion pounds.
#10/“Time anxiety” occurs in a person when they are perpetually afraid of being late, or of others being late.
#11 /Antqueens can live for up to 30 years.
#12/In 2014, Princeton researches determined that Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2017.
#13/Orlando Bloom has swinophobia, which is a fear of pigs!
#14/Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha’s.
#15/Meghan Trainor has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.
#16 /GarrettMcNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. The wave was 78 feet tall.
#17/The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a “gaur”.
#18/In Bruges, Belgium, there an underground pipeline that runs 2 miles to transfer beer from a brewery to the bottling plant.
#19/The collective group of lemurs is called a conspiracy.
#20/The first Primark store opened in Dublin in June 1969 under the name Penney’s.
#21/Ron Swanson’s character on Parks and Recreation is based off a real person – a woman who works in a high bureaucratic position who is also anti-government.
#22/Captive tigers in the U.S. alone outnumber the amount of wild tigers worldwide.
#23/The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.
#24/Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash.
#25/The first X-Rated animated movie was Fritz the Cat. It is still the most successful independent animated feature to date.
#26/Roughly 33% of cats are not effected by catnip. The euphoric reaction commonly associated with catnip is hereditary.
#27 /Facebookwill track and record nearly everything you do if you browse the web while logged in to your Facebook account.
#28/Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.
#29/The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat home.
#30/MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.
#31/Albert Einstein had mastered calculus by the tender age of 15.
#32/Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck and the island was christened to the name in 1500.
#33/Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks“.
#34/The number of stars on the EU flag doesn’t represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and for a symbol of unity.
#35/High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.
#36/Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.
#37 /Catswhich have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.
#38/The manager of Guinness started the Guinness Book of World Records when he got annoyed that he couldn’t find out what the fastest game bird was ever recorded.
#39/Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s, State Farm and BandAids.
#40/One of the smartest bird species is the magpie. They can even recognize themselves in mirrors.
#41/The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached from one end.
#42 /Theatomic number of zinc is 30.
#43/The tall chef’s hat is called a toque.
#44/There’s very little evidence the TSA has ever stopped a terrorist or found a real bomb. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time.
#45/In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week!
#46/Whenever Charles Dickens was away from home, he would always realign the bed he was sleeping in to face Northwards, as he felt that this fostered and unlocked his creativity.
#47 /TheShawn Mendes EP reached Number 1 on iTunes in 37 minutes.
#48/Since 1990 the United States has added more acres of forest than it has lost, with almost 20 million new acres of forest land added in the last 2 decades.
#49/In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check.
#50/In the Philippines, you can buy spaghetti at McDonald’s, where they also sell a “McDo” piece of chicken.
#51/Though most think it’s Italian, pepperoni is an American invention. The first use of the word dates back to 1919.
#52/The pumpkin is a member of the cucurbit family, which are gourds, such as cucumbers and squashes.
#53/Any prime number higher than three, when squared and subtracted by one, will always turn out to be a multiple of 24.
#54/When dogs are first born, they are completely blind & cannot hear anything. The first sense which they develop is the sense of touch.
#55/Margherita Pizza uses tomato, mozzarella, and basil toppings to represent the Italian national flag. It was originally to honor the Queen of Italy in 1890.
#56/Sudan has more pyramids than any country with 255. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by twice the amount.
#57/The money for the Statue of Liberty came from fundraising from auctions, a lottery, and boxing matches in Europe and the U.S. The Statue cost the French about $250,000, which today would be over $5.5 million dollars.
#58/Not all hamsters are small. Although some hamsters are as small as 2-4 inches, the largest ones are approximately 13 inches long.
#59/The hand and footprints in front of the Chinese Theater tradition started accidentally when silent film actress, Norma Talmadge stepped on wet cement.
#60/Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
#61/Soviet Russia needed lighthouses on their uninhabited Northern Coast, so they built automated lighthouses powered by small nuclear reactors.
#62/Animal’s yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
#63/Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.
#64/Approximately 1 in every 2,000 babies already has a tooth when they are first born.
#65/The Young America Township in Minnesota has a population of less than 1,000, but more than 20 zip codes.
#66/The United States Department of Agriculture says the official definition of a sandwich is: “at least 35 percent cooked meat and no more than 50 percent bread”.
#67/Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
#68/The original name for Xbox was DirectXbox designed to show how Microsoft’s Direct X graphics could improve the console market.
#69/In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
#70/Walter Hunt, a man from America, invented the safety pin back in 1849.
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