Top 100 Random Fun Facts

1.   The longest kiss ever recorded lasted 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds, achieved by Ekkachai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranarat at an event in Pattaya, Thailand.

2.   Nokia Tune was played about 8.1 billion times a day in 2009.

3.   Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you.

4.   The oldest known fossilized microbial mats, also known as stromatolites, are 3.5 billion years old and were found in Western Australia.

5.   The unique Blood Falls in Antarctica is a natural phenomenon where iron-rich, saline water seeps from the Taylor Glacier, giving the appearance of blood flowing over the ice.

6.   Parachutes were invented before airplanes.

7.   Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains a substance called theobromine, which is toxic to canines.

8.   Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled over and over again.

9.   Elvis Presley was naturally blonde.

10.   The reason why tires are black is because of the chemical that's added to the tires called Carbon black. It's added to protect tires against U.V. light and ozone and extending the lifespan of the tires.

11.   The Empire State Building was built with ten million bricks.

12.   Queen Elizabeth II is a trained mechanic.

13.   The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in his book "If I Ran the Zoo," published in 1950.

14.   The creator of Donkey Kong thought 'Donkey' was an English word for 'stupid.' So 'Donkey Kong,' actually means "stupid ape."

15.   The total cost of World War I to the U.S. was $32 billion, or 52% of gross national product at the time.

16.   Did you know that cats can make over 100 different sounds, while dogs can only make about 10? No wonder cats are so mysterious!

17.   The fruit is low in calories and high in fiber, making it a great choice for those watching their waistlines.

18.   The sunsets and sunrises on Mars are a lovely shade of blue.

19.   There have been no recorded deaths from spider bites in Australia since 1981.

20.   The Venus Flytrap, a carnivorous plant native to North and South Carolina in the United States, captures its prey using modified leaves that snap shut when triggered by touch.

21.   You can purchase meat from a cow-bison hybrid. The hybrids are called "beefalos." It has superior vitamin levels, higher protein, 1/3 less cholesterol, 79% less fat, and 66% fewer calories than conventional beef.

22.   Red bell pepper has nearly three times more vitamin C than an orange.

23.   Ronald Reagan first job involved working as a lifeguard. Over six years, Reagan reportedly performed 77 rescues as a lifeguard.

24.   Angelina Jolie is not only an award-winning actress, but also a humanitarian and a special envoy to the United Nations, highlighting her diverse talents and dedication to causes she cares about.

25.   Komodo dragon is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 meters (10 ft).

26.   The Bible doesn’t specify what fruit Adam and Eve ate.

27.   The world’s Oldest Dress was found in Egypt, and it is 5,000 years old.

28.   In 2014, Sony invented a cassette tape that could store 185TB of data!

29.   Hatebeak is a death metal band whose lead singer is a parrot.

30.   Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

31.   The Rhinoceros Party of Canada promised to end crimes by abolishing all laws and improve higher education by building taller schools.

32.   A nasothek is a collection of nose sculptures.

33.   The word Holocaust is from the Greek words hólos, "whole" + καυστός kaustós, "burnt offering."

34.   Rafflesia arnoldii is the largest individual flower on Earth. It has the nickname “corpse flower” because it has a very unpleasant odour of decaying flesh.

35.   The most valuable and largest legal tender coin ever created is the Australian Kangaroo 1 Tonne 9999 Gold. It weighs 1,012 kg (2,231 lb 1.24 oz), measures 80 cm (2 ft 7.49 in) in diameter, 13 cm (5.12 in) in thickness and is made from bullion with a purity of 99.99%. This one-ton gold coin has a legal tender of AUD1 million, but the gold it's made out of is worth more than AUD50 million.

36.   Elephant Shrews are more closely related to elephants than shrews.

37.   A married couple from Zenica in central Bosnia decided to divorce after realizing they had cheated on each other with each other in online chat rooms.

38.   The Drake Equation, proposed by astronomer Frank Drake in 1961, estimates the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy that may be capable of communication with Earth.

39.   The card game Cards Against Humanity makers bought an island in Maine, and they named it Hawaii 2.

40.   Chicago gang counterfeiters attempted to steal Abraham Lincoln’s corpse and request a US$200,000 ransom in 1876.

41.   The first recorded game of baseball was played in 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

42.   Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the other planets.

43.   The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!

44.   In 2011, a man in Sweden was arrested for splitting an atom in his kitchen. He had been trying to build a nuclear reactor as a hobby.

45.   We associate the word Jurassic with large, toothy dinosaurs, but the name comes from the Jura Mountains, where paleontologists discovered the first limestone strata from the period.

46.   Comedian Penn Jillette holds a patent for Jill-Jet, a hot tub jet specifically angled for female masturbation.

47.   Although Polar Bears have white hair, their skin is black.

48.   Between 1809 and 1981, Huéscar was technically at war with Denmark, as a result of the Napoleonic war over Spain. This official declaration of war was forgotten until it was discovered by a local historian in 1981, followed by the signing of a peace treaty on 11 November 1981.

49.   An island in the Maldives is made of parrotfish poop.

50.   The puma (Puma concolor) holds the Guinness World Records for the animal with the most names, with more than 40 in the English language alone. These include cougar, panther and mountain lion, while terms painter and catamount are used east of the Mississippi River, USA.

51.   Mehran Karimi Nasseri is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from August 26, 1988, until July 2006.

52.   Geckos can stick to almost everything but not to Teflon otherwise known as polytetrafluoroethylene.

53.   Abraham Lincoln was the First President to appear on a U.S. coin.

54.   According to the researchers from Japan's Kyoto University, Japanese macaques take baths to warm up in winter and to lower stress.

55.   President John F. Kennedy bought 1,200 hand-rolled Cuban cigars just hours before he made them illegal.

56.   According to Plastic Oceans, over 90% of all seabirds have plastic pieces in their stomachs.

57.   Some people in India and Pakistan smoke scorpion to get high.

58.   The color pattern and the shape of a humpback whale's fins are as unique as fingerprints in humans.

59.   In 2008, Felix Batista, an anti-kidnapping expert and former U.S. Army who has negotiated nearly 100 kidnapping and ransom cases, was kidnapped in Mexico after giving a presentation on surviving being kidnapped.

60.   The world's longest-lasting lightbulb, the Centennial Light, has been burning since 1901 in Livermore, California, with only a few short interruptions.

61.   In 1998, a miner discovered the largest gold nugget ever found in Alaska. It weighs 294.1 troy ounces.

62.   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.

63.   A Belgian Catholic priest named Georges Lemaître first suggested the Big Bang Theory in the 1920s. He theorized that the universe expanded from an initial point, which he called the "Primeval Atom."

64.   The bonnet ornament on a Rolls Royce car is called the Spirit of Ecstasy.

65.   Ninkasi is the ancient Sumerian goddess of beer.

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

67.   "Shewee" is a portable urination gadget that allows women to pee while standing without removing any clothes.

68.   There's an island called "Just Room Enough Island" located on the Saint Lawrence River between Canada and the US, where there's just enough space for a tree and a house.

69.   Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, is derived from the stigmas of crocus flowers.

70.   In 1862, Lincoln politely declined a gift of many elephants offered by the King of Siam.

71.   Violet Jessop was an Irish immigrant who survived not just one but three of the most catastrophic ship disasters, including RMS Titanic, HMHS Britannic, and the RMS Olympic. She is known as Miss Unsinkable.

72.   According to the Journal of Medical Entomology, bed bugs love black and red but hate yellow and green.

73.   Cheddar cheese gets its name from the village of Cheddar in Somerset, southwest England, where it was first made.

74.   The financial cost of war is staggering. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars alone cost the United States an estimated $6 trillion.

75.   Renegade was President Obama's secret service code name, and President Trump's was Mogul.

76.   Pandiculation is stretching and yawning at the same time.

77.   Sleeping through summer is called Aestivation.

78.   Cerro Rico in Bolivia is known as the mountain that eats men because of a large number of men died in the mine. It is estimated that up to eight million have been killed in the Cerro Rico since the 16th century.

79.   The bumblebee bat is the smallest bat species, measuring 1.1 to 1.3 inches in length and 2 grams in mass.

80.   Optophobia is a fear of opening one's eyes.

81.   Tug of War was once an Olympic sport in the early 1900s.

82.   There are more than 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, with Papua New Guinea being the most linguistically diverse country, boasting over 800 languages.

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

84.   The Anglo-Zanzibar war between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on August 27, 1896, was the shortest recorded war in history lasting 45 minutes.

85.   One in 25 sentenced to death in the U.S. is innocent.

86.   Uranus was almost named Georgium Sidus (George’s Star), in honour of King George III.

87.   A 10-year-old girl’s attempt to sell her grandmother on eBay and described it as “annoying” but “cuddly.”

88.   In Sebastopol California, it's a misdemeanor to have or use a nuclear weapon. It's punishable for up to six months in jail or a $500 fine or both.

89.   The flesh of unripe jackfruit has a meat-like texture and is used as a meat substitute in vegan and vegetarian dishes.

90.   A student left a pineapple in a Scotland art museum. Two days later, the pineapple had been encased in glass and used as part of an exhibition.

91.   The world’s oldest hotel has been operating since 705 AD.

92.   The Twitter bird has a name – Larry.

93.   The estimated cost of the U.S. Air Force's F-35 helmet is $400,000 each.

94.   The official number for reporting spies in South Korea is 113.

95.   The Renaissance, a cultural and intellectual movement that began in Italy in the 14th century, marked a renewed interest in the arts, science, and learning and laid the groundwork for the modern era.

96.   A man in Richmond, Canada, went to Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany to complain about his 'unsafe' car. After the vehicle was repaired, the couple refused to believe the car was safe to drive and demanded their money back or a replacement vehicle. Mercedes-Benz said no, and the man filed a lawsuit in 2019, but the legal dispute is going nowhere, the man decided to take matters into his hands and, in January of this year, flew to Mercedes-Benz HQ. in Stuttgart Germany.

97.   The Q in Q-tips stands for quality.

98.   In 1999, hackers revealed a significant security flaw in the popular Hotmail email service. For a brief while, you could use the password "eh" to log in to any Hotmail account.

99.   Even after extinction, the Dodo is still the national animal of Mauritius.

100.   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.