Intriguing Information
The fear of veggies is called lachanophobia.
Giraffes sleep for 20 minutes a day.
The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.
The novel Gadsby contains over 50,000 words, none with the letter “e.”
A practical can opener was invented in 1858, about 50 years after the can.
We’re born with 300 bones, but only have 206 when we reach adulthood.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
A jiffy is an actual unit of time, 1/100 of a second.
A group of frogs is called an army.
It would take 31.7 years to count off one billion seconds.
Bananas get sunburns too, dark spots on their peel are usually sunburn marks.
Ben Franklin invented swim fins.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Forgetting the word you want to use is called lethologica.
A Rafflesia flower smells like rotten meat.
After a night’s rest, people are slightly taller.
Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow.
The ability to use both your right and left hand equally well is called ambidexterity.
In 1997, a Mexican town had a storm in which frogs fell from the sky.
Napoleon was terrified of cats.
A toothbrush within six feet of a toilet can catch airborne bacteria.
Apple seeds are poisonous.
A turkey’s neck turns bright red when the bird is stressed.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
It would take glass about one million years to decompose.
The cooties are real, they’re a type of body lice.
Black rainbows at night are called moonbows and are caused by moonlight and moist air.
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “j.”
Some frogs can survive being frozen.
Due to gravity, you weigh less when the moon is directly overhead.
March 14th is “Save a Spider” day.
Supposedly, by raising your legs and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.
Hexadectylism is having six fingers or toes on one or both hands or feet.
A new born kangaroo is about one inch in length.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
A blue moon is a second full moon in a month.
The strongest land creature is the rhinocreos beetle, it can carry 850 times its own weight.
The word “nerd” was coined by Dr. Seuss in his book If I Ran a Zoo.
The “Banana Suicase” was invented for the safe transport of a single banana.
A cricket’s ears are located just below its knees.
Each year, more than twenty million meteors enter the earth’s atmosphere.
The first video game was invented in 1958.
By the age of 65, the average person will have seen two million commercials.
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
Toilet landing lights were invented to help people locate the toilet in the dark.
In your lifetime, you’ll shed about forty pounds of skin.
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