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Top 100 Random Fun Facts

1.   Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political leader, was a lawyer by profession.

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

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3.   Elsa Einstein was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein.

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4.   Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost.

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5.   Tiger stripes are also visible on their skin, not just their fur. The stripes are like human fingerprints; no two tigers will have the same pattern.

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6.   The Earth's atmosphere is composed of roughly 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace amounts of other gases, such as neon and carbon dioxide.

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

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8.   The state sport of Maryland is jousting.

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9.   There’s a hand sanitizer named, “Maybe You Touched Your Genitals.”

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10.   The first roller coasters were first used to transport coal down a hill. Once people realized how fast they could travel, they started to pay for rides.

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11.   The largest bird in the world is the ostrich, which can weigh up to 320 pounds.

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12.   In Georgia, it’s illegal to let the chicken cross the road.

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13.   The dot over your lowercase “i” and “j” is called a title or superscript dot.

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14.   Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge is the world longest bridge a total of 164.8 kilometres (102.4 mi) long.

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15.   The oldest known bird fossil is the Archaeopteryx, which lived around 150 million years ago.

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16.   Octopuses have three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood. They are incredibly intelligent and skilled at problem-solving and escaping from enclosures.

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17.   President Rutherford B. Hayes had a Siamese cat named Miss Pussy.

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18.   Musa velutina is a species of wild banana found in the eastern Himalayas. They are pink and peel themselves when ripe. It is often grown as an ornamental, and the sweet flesh can be eaten, but the seeds are tough and can chip a tooth.

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19.   The Tardigrade, or water bear, is an extremophile micro-animal that can survive extreme conditions such as high radiation, extreme temperatures, and even the vacuum of outer space.

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20.   The owl has special adaptations that allow it to fly silently, making it an efficient hunter in the dark.

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21.   George Gordon Byron was known simply as Lord Byron who kept a tame bear while he was a student at trinity.

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22.   India's "Go Air" airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel.

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23.   About 20% of the world's tech founders are immigrants, even though immigrants only make up about 4 percent of the world's population.

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24.   The Inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world. It is estimated that one bite possesses enough lethality to kill at least 100 fully grown men.

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25.   Plutomania is the delusion that one is immensely rich.

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26.   High heels were initially meant for men.

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27.   There are more people living in the city of Tokyo, Japan, than in the entire population of Canada, the second-largest country by landmass on Earth. Tokyo has a population of 38 million (2019), while Canada has 37.59 million (2019).

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28.   It’s illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in the church in Alabama.

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

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30.   A teratoma is a rare type of tumour that can contain tissues such as hair, teeth, muscle, and bone.

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31.   When Tutankhamun became king of Egypt, he married his half-sister Ankhesenpaaten, and they had two daughters.

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

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33.   Napoleon, Caesar, Genghis Khan, and Hitler are all said to have hated cats.

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34.   Diamonds are the hardest known natural substance on Earth, and they are often used for cutting and polishing other materials.

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35.   If you're a fan of Extra-Terrestrial activities, you might enroll at Akdeniz University in Turkey. They offer a course to prepare students during alien encounters and give instructions on dealing with them.

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36.   The smallest bone in the human body is located in the ear and is called the stapes bone.

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37.   The Makira people of the Solomon Islands use flying fox teeth as traditional currency.

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38.   The Seattle Metropolitans hockey team became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917.

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39.   Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city in 1980.

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40.   Canada’s lowest recorded temperature was -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit (-63C) in 1947.

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41.   The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, which is only 121 acres. It's like a tiny city-state within a city-state!

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42.   The human body is composed of around 60% water, with the brain being around 73% water.

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

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44.   In Sweden, blood banks send a text message to blood donors to notify them whenever their blood saves someone's life.

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45.   The word guys has its origins in Guy Fawkes.

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46.   The word "Dinosaur" comes from ancient Greek and means "terrible lizard."

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47.   Chalk is made from sub-microscopic plankton fossils.

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48.   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.

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49.   Blackie was the world's wealthiest cat, according to Guinness World Records. He inherited an estate worth $12.5 million after his owner, British antiques dealer named Ben Rea, died (U.K.) in 1988.

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50.   An old name for kestrel is windfucker.

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51.   The word "dandelion" comes from the French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth."

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52.   Gamophobia is the fear of relationships, commitment or marriage.

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53.   Perfectly smooth corrosion-free metal can fuses together in space. It's called "cold welding" a solid-state welding process in which joining takes place without fusion/heating at the interface of the two parts to be welded.

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

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55.   The “five-second rule”, stating that food dropped on the floor is still safe to eat if picked up within five seconds, is a myth.

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56.   When two prime numbers differ by 6(e.g. 5 and 11), they are known as sexy primes.

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57.   Benny Benson designed Alaska's flag in 1927 at age 13.

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58.   Dolphins and porpoises are actually toothed whales.

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59.   Believing you are a cow and trying to live as one is a real psychological condition known as Boanthropy.

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60.   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.

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61.   The Crusades, a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims from the 11th to the 13th centuries, were fought primarily to secure control of holy sites in and around Jerusalem.

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62.   In Cancun, Mexico, Richart Sowa spent seven years constructing his floating eco-paradise using 150,000 recycled bottles.

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63.   Polar Bears fur is not white but transparent.

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64.   The town of Colma, California, has more dead people than living people.

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65.   The shortest distance between two points on the Earth's surface is called a geodesic, and it is a curved line.

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66.   There is a fish that exists called the blue lingcod that has blue flesh.

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67.   The pistol shrimp can produce a snapping sound so loud that it momentarily creates a bubble of heat close to the surface of the sun, reaching up to 5,000 Kelvin (8,540°F).

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68.   At age 14, William Kamkwamba used blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and other scraps to build a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances for his family.

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69.   Emeralds are a type of beryl mineral that is valued for its green color, which comes from the presence of chromium and vanadium.

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70.   White chocolate contains no chocolate.

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

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72.   A BMW S70/2 V12 engine powers the famous McLaren F1 sports car.

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73.   The dorsal fin of an adult male killer whale is almost 6 feet(1.8 metres) high.

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74.   The United States is the largest producer of crude oil.

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75.   In 2017, a man in China married a robot he had built himself.

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76.   The top five languages spoken in the U.S. are English, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Tagalog.

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77.   More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the oceans every year.

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78.   In the 16th century, up until the 1960s, Ancient Egyptian mummies were once used to produce a brown paint colour called Mummy brown.

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79.   The world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China, reaches an elevation of 16,640 feet (5,072 meters) above sea level at the Tanggula Pass station.

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80.   The world's largest species of crab, the Japanese spider crab, can have a leg span of up to 12.1 feet (3.7 meters) and can weigh up to 42 pounds (19 kilograms).

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

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82.   Dragon fruit is native to Central and South America, but can now be found all over the world.

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

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

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85.   There is an eighth continent called Zealandia, but 94% of it remains submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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86.   In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is because they are social animals and need companionship.

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87.   The wheel is invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C.

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88.   Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years.

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89.   Spinraza, a recently approved drug for spinal muscular atrophy, has a list price of $750,000.

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90.   Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American female to become a self-made millionaire in America.

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91.   There is a polar bear jail in Churchill, Manitoba, for troublesome or dangerous bears. The bears could be held from two to 30 days or more if the bear is captured repeatedly.

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92.   The landmass of Mars and Earth is very similar.

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93.   Africa's Victoria Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls, is so powerful that it generates its own microclimate, including a perpetual rainforest surrounding the falls.

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94.   A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles per hour!

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95.   In 1937, Technetium was the first artificially produced element.

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96.   Fat Man was the codename for the nuclear bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki on 9, August 1945.

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97.   Pope John XX never existed.

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98.   Infants that are breastfed have a lower risk of asthma, respiratory infections and sudden infant death syndrome.

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99.   The oldest known musical instrument is a bone flute that is over 60,000 years old.

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100.   The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.

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