101 Funny Facts(Did you know ?)
So Do you like fun facts ? Well you’re in luck, we’ve got 101 of them !
Have you ever wondered how many times you’ve walked around the world ? Or where your smallest bone is ? And what is a Jesus Nut ?
Well, get your answers here, and so much more with these 101 random, fun facts that will actually make your life better!
So pull up a chair, get comfortable, and enjoy this awesome list of the top 101 most random and fun facts.
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Here are your 101 fun facts.....
#1. One habit of intelligent humans is being easily annoyed by people around them, but saying nothing in order to avoid a meaningless argument.
#2. If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzy Bear”.
#3. In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.
#4. There were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves.
#5. Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” in 2010.
#6. The famous line in Titanic from Leonardo DiCaprio, “I’m king of the world!” was improvised.
#7. A single strand of Spaghetti is called a “Spaghetto”.
#8. Hershey’s Kisses are named that after the kissing sound the deposited chocolate makes as it falls from the machine on the conveyor belt.
#9. Princess Peach didn’t move until 1988, designers believed it was too complicated to make her a movable character.
#10. To leave a party without telling anyone is called in English, a “French Exit”. In French, it’s called a “partir à l’anglaise”, to leave like the English.
#11. If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you’ll be penalized up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.
#12. The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.
#13. In Colorado, USA, there is still an active volcano. It last erupted about the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.
#14. The first movie ever to put out a motion-picture soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
#15. Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his Harry Potter glasses. He had an allergy to nickel, and they were quickly replaced with hypoallergenic specs.
Also, did you know that his glasses had no lenses? This was to stop the reflection from anything happening behind the scenes. The glass lens was added in post-production.
#16. If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range. This works by using your brain to act as a radio transmitter.
#17. Fruit stickers are edible, though the same with any fruit, washing prior to eating is recommended. The glue used for them is regulated by the FDA.
#18. The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. This means “ant eating with three fingers”.
#19. Astronaut is a compound word derived from the two Ancient Greek words “Astro” meaning “star” and “naut” meaning “sailor”. So astronaut literally means “star sailor”.
#20. The flashes of colored light you see when you rub your eyes are called “phosphenes”.
#21. At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.
#22. Iceland does not have a railway system.
#23. The largest known prime number has 17,425,170 digits. The new prime number is 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, minus 1.
#24. Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author, hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains worth over 1 million dollars. It still has not been found.
#25. The lead singer of The Offspring started attending school to achieve a doctorate in molecular biology while still in the band. He graduated in May 2017.
#26. The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand. The piano is a little over 18 feet long and has 85 keys-3 short of the standard 88.
#27. The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached from one end.
#28. There is a company in Japan that has schools that teach you how to be funny. The first one opened in 1982. About 1,000 students take the course each year.
#29. The Lego Group is the world’s most powerful brand. There are more Lego minifigures than there are people on Earth.
#30. The Bagheera kiplingi spider was discovered in the 1800’s and is the only species of spider that has been classified as vegetarian.
#31. There is a boss in metal gear solid 3 that can be defeated by not playing the game for a week; or by changing the date.
#32. The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.
#33. Elvis was originally blonde. He started coloring his hair black for an edgier look. Sometimes, he would touch it up himself using shoe polish.
#34. If you translate “Jesus” from Hebrew to English, the correct translation is “Joshua”. The name “Jesus” comes from translating the name from Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to English.
#35. Ed Sheeran bought a ticket to LA with no contacts. He was spotted by Jamie Foxx, who offered him the use of his recording studio and a bed in his Hollywood home for six weeks.
#36. Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin – the same material that a bird’s beak, and our fingernails are made of.
#37. An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.
#38. 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species.
#39. The original Star Wars premiered on just 32 screens across the U.S. in 1977. This was to produce buzz as the release widened to more theaters.
#40. The British government coined the slogan, “Keep Calm and Carry on” during World War 2 in order to motivate citizens to stay strong.
#41. Apple paid a couple $1.7 million dollars for their plot of land, which was only worth $181,700. While Apple was building a huge data center in the middle of North Carolina, they wanted to occupy the area of a couple that lived there for 34 years. When the couple refused to leave, Apple paid them $1.7 million dollars for their land.
#42. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil.
#43. IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.
#44. In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn’t publicize it until after. This way, only those who could time travel would be able to attend. Nobody else attended.
#45. Violin bows are commonly made from horse hair.
#46. There are less than 30 ships in the Royal Canadian Navy which is less than most third-world countries.
#47. Larry the Cable Guy’s real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney. His notable Southern accent is fake – he was born and raised in the mid-west, not the South.
#48. The youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX who was 11 years old at the time of election. He is also the only person to have been the Pope more than once.
#49. There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
#52. People who post their fitness routine to Facebook are more likely to have psychological problems.
#51. Medieval chastity belts are a myth. A great majority of examples now existing were made in the 18th and 19th centuries as jokes.
#52. Nowadays, millionaires with just $1 million isn’t considered wealthy anymore by most Americans. Now, the typical American sees at least $2.4 million as wealthy.
#53. Hanna-Barbera pitched The flintstones to networks for 8 weeks before it was finally picked up. It became the first ever animated show to air during primetime.
#54. There is a company that sells mirrors that make people look 10 pounds thinner. Overall, the mirrors have contributed to 54% of total sales for retailers that use it.
#55. Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.
#56. Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.
#57. In World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London.
#58. The human eye is so sensitive that, if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from 30 miles away.
#59. When Space invaders was created, Tomohiro Nishikado left in the lag caused by more invaders on the screen in order to create greater difficulty in the games.
#60. The color red doesn’t really make bulls angry; they are color-blind.
#61. 65% of autistic kids are left-handed, and only 10% of people in general are left-handed.
#62. Those cute furry bits inside a cat’s ear are called “ear furnishings”. They ensure that dirt doesn’t go inside and also helps them to hear well.
#63. Scientists discovered sharks that are living in an active underwater volcano. Divers cannot investigate because they would get burns from the acidity and heat.
#64. There are times when Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune – one of these timelines was from 1979 to 1999.
#65. There is a town in Nebraska called Monowi with a population of one. The only resident is a woman who is the Mayor, Bartender and Librarian.
#66. The Ethiopian calendar is 7.5 years behind the Gregorian calendar due to the fact that it has 13 months.
#67. In 1994, the company who had a patent on GIFs tried to charge a fee for using GIFS. The PNG was invented as an alternative, and the company backed down.
#68. China is spending $3 billion dollars to build panda shaped solar farms in order to get more young people interested in renewable energy.
#69. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have any moons.
#70. The average American child is given $3.70 per tooth that falls out.
#71. To properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.
#72. Owners of personalized license plates in Uganda are facing a tax increase of over 300%, which will raise the tax from $1,498 to $5,992.
#73. Popularized by the Shakespeare play, many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said “You too, my child?”
#74. Times Square was originally called Longacre square until it was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly built Times Building.
#75. Daniel Craig was an anonymous Storm Trooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Originally, he denied his cameo and claimed he wouldn’t bother being an extra in a movie.
#76. Queen Elizabeth has a personal net worth of 425 million dollars. That includes the $65 million Sandringham House and $140 million Balmoral Castle.
#77. Although there is currently no drug proven to make someone tell the truth, some countries like Russia, Canada, and India use truth serums.
#78. Only primates, humans, and opossums have opposable thumbs. Out of these, the opossum is the only one with no thumbnail.
#79. One of the World Trade Center’s was built to be 1,776 feet tall on purpose to reference the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
#80. The word “kimono”, literally means a “thing to wear”. Ki is “wear”, and mono is “thing”.
#81. There is a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi. It was done as an homage to his vision for wireless communication.
#82. It snows metal on planet Venus! There are two types that have been found, galena and bismuthinite.
#83. Tic Tacs got their name from the sound they make when they are tossed around in their container.
#84. Only official members of a federally accepted Native American tribes may legally possess or collect eagle feathers. If a normal citizen has one, it is illegal.
#85. By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.
#86. 500 seeds of 5 different types of seeds were taken into orbit around the moon, and later planted around the U.S. as well as a few countries. They were called Moon Trees.
#87. In order to protest the high tariffs enforced by a U.K. censorship board, a filmmaker sent in a 10 hour “movie” of white paint drying. They had to watch the entire film.
#88. The popular LMFAO group who created the viral hit, Party Rock Anthem, is made up of an uncle-nephew duo.
#89. 50% of apartments in Los Angeles don’t come with a fridge. This is legal, as fridges are considered an “amenity”, and therefore landlords are not required to provide one.
#90. Norway has a 25 year statute of limitation on murder. This means if the murder happened more than 25 years ago, they cannot be charged.
#91. Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or exaggerated.
#92. It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw and males are more likely to be left-pawed.
#93. Over 290 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.
#94. Four Nile crocodiles have been found in Florida. They are the second largest crocodile and are more dangerous than the native crocodiles and alligators in Florida.
#95. Julius Caesar’s only son, Caesarion, was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Even though Cleopatra swears he is Caesar’s son, Caesar never officially acknowledged him.
#96. The Guinness World Record for the time longest spend searching for the Loch Ness Monster, is held by Steve Feltham who camped at Loch Ness for 25 years.
#97. Brain fibers lose 10% of their total length every decade. They can shrink even more so under acute stress.
#98. Chewing gum boosts mental proficiency and is considered a better test aid than caffeine – but nobody knows why.
#99. Per capita, the happiest countries in the world also rank highest in terms of consumers of antidepressants.
#100. Disney sold the streaming right for the original Star Wars films in 2016 to Turner until 2024. Disney has since decided to start a streaming service and has tried asking for the rights back, but Turner refuses every time.
#101. Gaming-related accidents increased by 26.5% during the first 5 months of Pokémon Go being released. This included 2 deaths and $25.5 million in damages.
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