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❓ A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”
❓ A duel between three people is called a truel.
❓ Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen.
❓ The inventor of the lightbulb, Thomas Edison, was afraid of the dark.
❓ Dolphins have names for each other.
❓ Horse vomit is acidic.
❓ A Jiffy is a real measurement of time.
❓ Chastity belts were used as a form of punishment in medieval times.
❓ There is an island called “Just Enough Room,” where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
❓ Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travellers, nobody showed up.
❓ The entire human population of 2022 was as big as 7% of all humans that ever lived on Earth.
❓ Italian wedding soup gets its name because it is traditionally only eaten at weddings.
❓ The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball.
❓ Sharks are mammals.
❓ Broccoli contains more vitamin C than lemons.
❓ The US and Canada celebrate Thanksgiving on different days.
❓ Caesar salad comes from Italy.
❓ The animated version of Disney’s Aladdin was based on Tom Cruise for his looks.
❓ Alaska has over 100 active volcanoes.
❓ The animal that represents the Cancer zodiac sign is a Crab.
❓ Elvis's natural hair colour was blonde
❓ There are more legs mini figures in the world than there are people
❓ You lose most of your body heat through your head.
❓ Einstein failed 4th grade maths.
❓ The word napkin has origins that means it translates to ‘little tablecloth’
❓ Pterodactyls are not actually dinosaurs.
❓ Manchester United have won the most English FA cups.
❓ Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they’re called “trailers.”
❓ The Canadian Navy only has 40 fleet units.
❓ Octopuses and squids have beaks.
❓ Mercury is the only planet in the solar system without a moon
❓ "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it isn’t.
❓ Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 3.5 per cent.
❓ Your brain is constantly eating itself.
❓ Earth's rotation has been steady for the last 10k years.
❓ Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.
❓ In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.
❓ If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzly Bear.”
❓ Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon.
❓ Canadians say “thank you” so much that a law was passed in 2009 limiting each person to no more than 12 uses per day.
❓ The earliest archaeological finds show that wine was invented in Georgia.
❓ 21% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
❓ Cherophobia is the irrational fear of fun or happiness.
❓ You get Goosebumps when you’re scared to make yourself look bigger.
❓ Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight.
❓ Sharks are the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
❓ Apples originate in China.
❓ The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland that connects the Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse measures exactly one mile (~1.6km).
❓ The country with the most pyramids in the world is Sudan.
❓ The most populated city in Europe is Paris.
❓ A dentist invented candy floss.
❓ Dolphins sleep with both their eyes open.
❓ An octopus has 7 hearts
❓ Spaghetto is the singular form of spaghetti.
❓ Your sense of taste is heightened on airplanes.
❓ You can smell whilst you are in a deep sleep.
❓ The first Disney Princess to have a full-length movie was Cinderella.
❓ In 2025, the world population has surpassed 9 billion people.
❓ Mario was originally a carpenter, not a plumber.
❓ Pac-Man’s original name was “Puck Man,” but it was changed for Western release.
❓ The President of Nintendo of America is called Doug Mario.
❓ The longest rainfall in modern times latest for more than 5 years.
❓ Trees can die of old age.
❓ The inventor of cruise control was blind.
❓ The name “IKEA” is an acronym.
❓ The Colosseum could be flooded for mock sea battles.
❓ The first Coca-Cola recipe contained Cocaine
❓ The first chocolate bar was made in Britain.
❓ Europe is the most visited destination for honeymooners.
❓ Water conducts electricity very well.
❓ Drinking through a straw makes you get drunk quicker.
❓ The most watched tv broadcast of all time in the UK is the 1966 World Cup Final.
❓ The highest grossing movie of all time is Avengers: End Game
❓ Bat out of Hell, by Meat Loaf, is the biggest selling album of all time.
❓ It is illegal to eat chicken with utensils in Kentucky.
❓ Pickles can not be sold in Connecticut unless they bounce.
❓ In Alaska, it is illegal to be drunk in a bar.
❓ It is possible to walk from Alaska to Russia.
❓ The machine that gives Pringles crisps their distinct shape was invented by a science fiction author.
❓ Komodo dragons can give birth asexually.
❓ Continents can move at the same rate that finger nails grow.
❓ Vincent van Gogh have only sold one piece of his art during his lifetime.
❓ Birds do not urinate.
❓ Seahorses do not have stomachs.
❓ Camels store water in their humps.
❓ Mercury is the hottest planet in our solar system.
❓ Peanuts are a type of nut.
❓ The human body has more bacterial cells than human cells.
❓ A duck's quack doesn't echo
❓ The moon reportedly smells like cheese
❓ The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
❓ There is a town in Sweden where everyone is required to own a cat.
❓ The shortest war in history was between the U.S. and Canada.
❓ You can’t burp in space.
❓ A day on Mercury is twice as long as its year.
❓ The coldest place in the universe is on Earth.
❓ There’s a pink lake in Australia.
❓ The human brain is the fattiest organ in the body.
❓ The first recorded selfie was taken in the 2000s.
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