1.   The first recorded Ancient Olympic Games is dated to 776 BC.

2.   LEGO holds the largest annual volume toy tire manufacturer ever.

3.   Utah has a prison called Purgatory Correctional Facility.

4.   As Global temperatures rise, flowers are emitting less scent.

5.   Humans are capable of echolocation.

6.   The Baatara Gorge Waterfall in Lebanon flows through a limestone cave and descends into a sinkhole, dropping 255 meters (837 feet) into the cavern below.

7.   Leonardo Da Vinci is the first person who proposed contact lenses in 1508.

8.   Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.

9.   The word ‘infant’ is from the Latin word infans, means ‘unable to speak.’

10.   A 9.2 earthquake struck Alaska on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. It is the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history and the second most powerful earthquake recorded in world history.

11.   PIN number and ATM machine are examples of Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome or RAS syndrome.

12.   Bastardium was one of the suggested names for the element Curium.

13.   There have been over 400 colors with the Crayola label since 1903.

14.   There’s a helicopter taxi company in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

15.   In Texas, United States, there's a Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum dedicated to barbed wire and its history.

16.   There's a heart-shaped coral reef in Australia.

17.   An average child contains about 60,000 miles of blood vessels, and an Adult would be closer to 100,000 miles long.

18.   K in Morse Code is -.-

19.   Ann Hodges is the only person in recorded history to have been struck by a meteorite.

20.   Felix Baumgartner became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.

21.   There are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide, making them the second largest group of mammals (after rodents).

22.   The 1981 film Roar used real lions during filming, resulting in over 70 casts and crew being injured. Cinematographer Jan de Bont had his head scalped by a lion while filming under a tarp, resulting in 220 stitches. The film has been described as "the most dangerous film ever made."

23.   Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars.

24.   Each tree in Melbourne was given a unique ID number so that residents could report if something wrong happened to it, but people started to send love letters to their favourite trees instead.

25.   Eliza Johnson kept cows on the White House lawn to provide fresh milk.

26.   Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. It only takes one and a half minutes.

27.   The sun is about 4.5 billion years old, but it's not even halfway through its lifespan. It's like a teenager in cosmic years!

28.   The fried chicken was brought to America by Scottish immigrants.

29.   Students at the College of the Ozarks don't pay tuition. Their study doesn't come free, though, because they must work for 15-hours on campus per week and complete two 40-hour weeks per school year.

30.   The shortest presidency in the history of the world was by President Pedro Paredes of Mexico, who ruled for less than one hour on February 19, 1913.

31.   J.K. Rowling invented Quidditch in a pub.

32.   If you took one cent and doubled your money every day, you would be a millionaire in just 28 days.

33.   Canada and Uruguay are the only sovereign states that have fully legalized the consumption and sale of recreational cannabis nationwide.

34.   The first brand of bubble gum to be sold commercially was called "Dubble Bubble" and was created by Fleer.

35.   Renifleur is someone who gets sexual pleasure from smells.

36.   A woman on a visit to Iceland once took part in a search for a missing tourist only to realize hours later that she was indeed the missing person.

37.   The heart beats over 100,000 times a day and pumps over 2,000 gallons of blood per day.

38.   Venus is sometimes called Earth’s sister planet because of their similar size, mass, proximity to the Sun, and bulk composition.

39.   A litter of kittens is also known as a “kindle.”

40.   According to the University of Southern Queensland, facial hair can block up to 95% of harmful UV rays, protecting you from skin cancer.

41.   Your nose is always visible. The brain blocks it out through a clever trick known as Unconscious Selective Attention. VR developers have discovered that representing your nose in VR (virtual reality) reduces nausea because your brain expects it to be there even though it can't see it.

42.   Two people have duels, but it takes three to have a truel.

43.   People with auto-brewery syndrome can get drunk from consuming a high carbohydrate diet.

44.   Every year, we remove 170 billion pounds of fish from the ocean.

45.   Christiaan Huygens invented the pendulum clock in 1656 and patented the following year.

46.   Beyoncé started her career as a member of the girl group, Destiny's Child, before transitioning to a successful solo career.

47.   Galileo’s middle finger is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.

48.   The world's first Ferris wheel was designed by engineer George W. Ferris and opened at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Back then, it only cost 50 cents a ride.

49.   The Black Prince's Ruby, which is set in the British Imperial State Crown, is actually a red spinel, not a ruby.

50.   The University of Minnesota has been around longer than the State of Minnesota.