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Fun and Interesting Facts

1. Three presidents, all Founding Fathers—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe—died on July 4. Presidents Adams and Jefferson also died the same year, 1826; President Monroe died in 1831. Coincidence? You decide.

2. The Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.

3. Contrary to popular belief, there aren't "57 varieties" of Heinz ketchup (and never were). Company founder H.J. Heinz thought his product should have a number, and he liked 57. Hint: Hit the glass bottle on the "57," not the bottom, to get the ketchup to flow.

4. One of President John Tyler's grandsons is still alive today—even though the President was born in 1790. How is this possible? President Tyler, the 10th US president, was 63 when his son Lyon Tyler was born in 1853; Lyon's son was born when he was 75. President Tyler's living grandson, Harrison Tyler is 95, while Lyon's other son, Lyon Jr., passed away in 2020 at the age of 95. The Tyler family still maintains the President's home, Sherwood Forest Plantation, in Virginia.

5. The tallest man ever recorded was American giant Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who stood 8 feet 11 inches. Wadlow's size was the result of an abnormally enlarged pituitary gland.

6. The tallest living man is 41-year-old Sultan Kösen, from Turkey, who is 8 feet, 2.8 inches. He set the record in 2009. His growth is also due to a pituitary issue.

7. The oldest person to have ever lived (whose age could be authenticated) was a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment. Calment was 122 years old when she died in 1997.

8. Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread? 

9. The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who lived in the 1700s, reportedly invented the sandwich so he wouldn't have to leave his gambling table to eat. 

10. The first college football game was played on November 6, 1869, between Rutgers and Princeton (then known as the College of New Jersey). It was played in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was won by Rutgers. 

11. Experiments in universities have actually been carried out to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, both with machine and human lickers (because this is important scientific knowledge!). The results ranged from 252 to 411. |

12. The Four Corners is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

13. Canada is south of Detroit (just look at a map).

14. The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. 

15. The oldest living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 192 years old in 2024. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882.

16. Bats are the only mammals that can actually fly.

17. Wombats are the only animal whose poop is cube-shaped. This is due to how its intestines form the feces. The animals then stack the cubes to mark their territory.

18. The most common wild bird in the world isn't the sparrow or blue jay—it's the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion. 

19. The heart of the blue whale, the largest animal on earth, is five feet long and weighs 400 pounds. The whale, in total, weighs 300,000 pounds.

20. For comparison, an elephant's heart weighs around 30 pounds. And a human heart? A mere 10 ounces.

21. Elephants can't jump. 

22. Octopuses have three hearts.

23. Cows don't actually have four stomachs; they have one stomach with four compartments. 

24. The platypus doesn't have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

25. This is one animal myth that's true: Eating parts of a pufferfish can kill you because of its defense mechanism, which contains a deadly chemical called tetrodotoxin. There's enough in one pufferfish to kill 30 people—and there's no antidote. Still, pufferfish, called fugu, is a highly-prized delicacy in Japan but can only be prepared by well-trained chefs.

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26. Polar bears have black skin. And actually, their fur isn't white—it's see-through, so it appears white as it reflects light.

27. A tiger's skin is actually striped, just like their fur. Also, no two fur patterns are alike.

28. Flamingoes are only pink because of chemicals called carotenoids in the algae and fish they eat; their feathers are actually grayish-white when they're born.

29. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world: They kill more people than any other creature due to the diseases they carry. 

30. What do Miss Piggy and Yoda have in common? They were both voiced by the same person, puppeteer Frank Oz.

31. Psycho was the first movie to show a toilet flushing. 

32. One of the most famous movie lines in history was never said. We often quote, "Play it again, Sam," from Casablanca; but the real line is, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'"

33. The green code in The Matrix was actually created from symbols in the code designer's wife's sushi cookbook.

34. The wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles was watched by 750 million people worldwide in 1981; sadly, 2.5 billion watched her funeral in 1997.

35. With five billion viewers, over half the world's population watched the 2022 FIFA World Cup of soccer (or football, as many international fans call it), which is held every four years. That number exceeded the total viewers of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

36. There are no muscles in your fingers: Their function is controlled by muscles in your palms and arms.

37. The hardest working muscle in your body is your heart—it pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood a day and beats more than 2.5 billion times in a 70-year life span. 

38. It's impossible to hum while holding your nose (just try it!).

39. Skin is the body's largest organ.

40. The earth's circumference is 24,901 miles.

41. All of an adult human's blood vessels, if laid out end to end, would be about 60,000 miles. This means they could encircle the Earth over two times. 

42. According to recent research, the human nose can distinguish at least a trillion different odors.

43. The longest fingernails ever were over 42 feet (total) and belonged to American Diana Armstrong. She was officially recognized as the world record holder in March 2022. The previous record was held by American Lee Redmond, with fingernails over 28 feet in total.

44. The origin of the word "sinister" reflects a historical bias against left-handed people. It comes from the Latin word for "left," which was also seen to be unlucky or evil. 

45. There is not one letter "q" in any US state name, the only letter in the alphabet to be missing. "J" and "Z" are only represented once each—in New Jersey and Arizona.)

46. The letter "q" doesn't appear in any U.S. state name. It's the only letter in the alphabet to be missing. "J" and "Z" are only represented once each—in New Jersey and Arizona.

47. The word "strengths" is the longest word (with only one vowel) in the English language.

48. Cartoonist Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, came up with names for the things we often see in comics and cartoons: "briffit" is the dust cloud a character makes when he runs away quickly; "plewds" are the beads of sweat when a character is under duress; and "grawlix" are symbols such as "#@*%" that stand in for curse words.

49. A mash-up of two words to make a new word (such as breakfast and lunch into "brunch" or "motel" from motor and hotel) is called a portmanteau. In case you're wondering, the word "portmanteau" itself is not a portmanteau; it's a compound word that refers to a duel-sided suitcase.

50. The dog ate John Steinbeck's homework—literally. The author's pup chewed up an early version of Of Mice and Men. "I was pretty mad, but the poor fellow may have been acting critically," he wrote.

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51. The original title of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was First Impressions.

52. Among lost works, this story might be even worse: Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, left a suitcase full of the author's writing on a train. When she went back to get it, it was gone. "I had never seen anyone hurt by a thing other than death or unbearable suffering except Hadley when she told me about the things being gone," Hemingway wrote in A Moveable Feast.

53. While staying in Switzerland with writers Percy Shelley (her lover) and Lord Byron, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. She wrote the book during a ghost story competition. 

54. German chocolate cake doesn't come from Germany. It was named for a person, Sam German, who created a type of baking chocolate for Baker's in 1852.

55. Hawaiian pizza was created in Ontario, Canada, by Greek immigrant Sam Panopoulos in 1962. 

56. In the United States, almost all commercially grown artichokes (99.9 percent) come from California. One town in particular, Castroville, is nicknamed "the Artichoke Capital of the World." 

57. The different colors of Froot Loops cereal all taste the same—they're not individual flavors. 

58. What's inside a Kit Kat? Broken Kit Kats that are damaged during production—they get ground up and go between the wafers inside, along with cocoa and sugar. That way, nothing goes to waste! 

59. Pound cake got its name because the original recipe required a pound each of butter, flour, sugar and eggs. That's a lot of cake—but it was meant to last a long time.

60. The difference between jam and jelly is that jam is made with mashed-up fruit, while jelly is made with fruit juice. 

61. Preserves are like jam; however, they are made with more whole fruit. Marmalade is preserves made from citrus fruit.

62. Flamin' Hot Cheetos were developed by a janitor at Frito-Lay, Richard Montanez, who got the idea after putting chili powder on some rejected Cheetos. Afterward, he pitched the idea to the CEO. He's now a successful executive and motivational speaker. His story was even featured in a 2023 film called Flamin' Hot.

63. In Japan, Coca-Cola actually sells soup in a can. "Go:Good" is a nourishing meal on the go, available in multiple flavors. 

64. The biggest pizza ever created was 13,957 square feet and was made in Los Angeles, California (2023). All 68,000 slices were donated to local charities.

65. The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It stands at over 2,700 feet. 

66. The tallest building in the U.S. is One World Trade Center in New York. Currently, it is the sixth tallest building in the world. It stands at exactly 1,776 feet as a nod to the Declaration of Independence and its signing.

67. The Empire State Building in New York was the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1971. It was also the first building with over 100 floors.

68. Contrary to popular belief, it's really, really hard to see the Great Wall of China from space, especially with the naked eye.

69. The first footprints on the moon will remain there for millions of years.

70. Days on Venus are longer than its years. Due to its slow axis rotation, it takes 243 Earth days to spin once; but it only takes 225 Earth days to go around the sun. 

71. Humans could never land on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune because they are made of gas and have no solid surface. 

72. But you could ice skate on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, which is covered in ice. An Axel jump would take you 22 feet in the air! 

73. Our modern interpretation of Santa Claus with a red outfit and white beard is due in large part to holiday Coca-Cola ads that began in 1931.

74. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, wasn't the first to introduce Christmas trees to Britain from his native Germany—Queen Charlotte did that in the early 1800s. But, Victoria and Albert are credited with popularizing the custom in the mid-1800s. 

75. The White House in Washington, DC, has 132 rooms, including 35 bathrooms.

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76. Buckingham Palace in London, England, has 775 rooms, including 78 bathrooms. 

77. It takes 570 gallons to paint the exterior of the White House.

78. The teddy bear is named after President Theodore Roosevelt. After he refused to shoot a captured black bear on a hunt, a stuffed animal maker decided to create a bear and named it after the president. 

79. Lincoln Logs were created by John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the 1920s. They were named after Abraham Lincoln, who grew up in a log cabin. 

80. Play-Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a good modeling clay for children and rebranded it.

81. In the 1940s, a retired schoolteacher came up with Candyland to entertain children who were hospitalized from polio. Because its color system required no reading, young kids could easily play. 

82. People started wearing pajamas, originally spelled "pyjamas," instead of nightgowns so they'd be prepared to run outside in public during World War I air raids in England.

83. At Medieval Times dinner attractions, you eat with your hands because most people didn't use utensils in the Middle Ages.

84. Originally, freelancers were self-employed, sword-wielding mercenaries: literally "free lancers." 

85. We shake hands to show we're unarmed. 

86. Although it's no longer connected to the beer company, Guinness World Records was founded by the managing director of Guinness Brewery in the 1950s.

87. Michelin stars are highly coveted by elite and upscale restaurants the world over—but they're actually given out by the Michelin tire company, the same one whose mascot is the marshmallow-like Michelin Man. If you want to get fancy, pronounce it in the original French, "mich-LEH." 

88. More people visit France than any other country (Spain is second; the United States is third). 

89. You can still stay at the world's oldest hotel, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, in Japan. It was originally founded in 705 AD. 

90. The longest place name in the word, at 85 letters, is "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu," New Zealand. Locals just call it Taumata Hill.

91. The coldest temperature ever recorded occurred in Antarctica, -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit, as reported by researchers in a scientific journal in 2018.

92. The hottest temperature ever recorded occurred in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, at 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913. 

93. Japan records the most earthquakes of any country in the world; but the most earthquakes actually occur in Indonesia. 

94. Each year, 16 million thunderstorms happen around the world, and at any given moment, there are about 2,000 thunderstorms in progress. 

95. Sweden has 267,570 islands, the most of any country in the world.

96. Australia contains a number of pink lakes, but the most stunning is the Pepto Bismol-colored Lake Hillier. The color may be the result of certain algae. 

97. At over 29,000 feet tall, Mt. Everest is the highest point on Earth, but it doesn't compare to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench, which is over 36,000 feet deep—nearly seven miles—in the Pacific Ocean.

98. This isn't exactly a "fun" fact, but there are over 200 dead bodies of climbers on Mt. Everest because it's so difficult to bring them down. 

99. Only two people have ever swam the entire length of the 2,350-mile Mississippi River: Slovenian long-distance swimmer Martin Strel in 2002 and American former Navy SEAL Chris Ring in 2015. Strel swam for 68 days in a row; Ring took one day off a week, taking 181 days. 

100. Visitors are not allowed to scatter loved ones' ashes at Disney World or Disneyland. This is apparently a problem, particularly around the Haunted Mansion attraction.

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101. The man who designed the Pringles can, Frederic J. Baur, is buried in one—or at least some of his ashes are. 

102. There's a world record for "most world records." Ashrita Furman has set more than 700 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from fastest mile on a pogo stick, longest time to hula hoop underwater and greatest distance traveled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on his head. 

103. The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

104. Per person, Japan has the highest number of vending machines in the world. There is approximately one vending machine for every 23 people in the country.

105. Contrary to popular belief, Egypt does not have the most pyramids. That record actually belongs to nearby Sudan, which has approximately 240.

106. The average cumulus cloud weighs approximately 1,400,000,000 pounds!

107. A single lightning bolt is approximately five times hotter than the surface of the Sun! It has an overall temperature of nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit! 

108. Surprisingly, bats are not blind! In fact, they have extremely good eyesight (better than humans). Despite this, they rely heavily on echolocation to find their prey.

109. With every mouthful of krill, blue whales consume approximately 457,000 calories at a time! In comparison, humans typically eat 2,000 to 2,500 in an entire day!

110. With the advent of 3D printing, NASA can literally "email" tools to astronauts in space. The International Space Station currently has an advanced printer onboard.

111. The French have their own word for "French kiss." It's called "galocher," and means "to kiss with tongues."

112. Despite their small size, bumblebees are capable of flying higher than Mount Everest! 

113. Although most people think the Roman Empire was the greatest in history, the British Empire was far larger (and more powerful). At its peak, it controlled 23% of the world's population and covered over 13.7 million square miles.

114. Unfortunately, medical errors are responsible for over 250,000 deaths in the United States each year. This makes it the third leading cause of death for Americans.

115. Due to thermal expansion, the Eiffel Tower grows approximately six inches during the summer months.

116. A giraffe's tongue is one of the longest in the animal kingdom! At maturity, it can reach an astounding 18 to 20 inches in length.

117. The oldest cat ever recorded was a mixed tabby named Creme Puff. At the time of her death in 2005, she was 38 years old and 3 days.

118. Because of their unusual composition, comets have an odd smell. It's best described as a mixture of rotten eggs, urine, almonds and burning matches.

119. Due to their distance from Earth, humans see stars as they were 4,000 years ago.

120. Despite their incredible size, scientists believe the average dinosaur's lifespan was relatively short. In fact, T-Rex probably lived approximately 28 years.

121. Contrary to popular belief, beavers don't actually live in dams. Instead, they live in "lodges," which they build in ponds created by their dams.

122. The average human can hold their breath between 30 and 90 seconds; however, one individual, Budimir Sobat, managed to hold his breath (underwater) for almost 24.5 minutes, setting the world record!

123. On average, the Earth travels around the Sun at a speed of 67,000 mph (roughly 1.6 million miles a day).

124. Although they spend most of their time in the water, hippopotamuses are unable to swim due to their heavy and dense bones. Instead, they perform a slow-motion gallop on the riverbed. They can also sleep underwater due to a special reflex.

125. Due to their tall stature, giraffes are more likely to be struck by lightning than any other animal (including humans).

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Fun and Interesting Facts

1. Three presidents, all Founding Fathers—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe—died on July 4. Presidents Adams and Jefferson also died the same year, 1826; President Monroe died in 1831. Coincidence? You decide.

2. The Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.

3. Contrary to popular belief, there aren't "57 varieties" of Heinz ketchup (and never were). Company founder H.J. Heinz thought his product should have a number, and he liked 57. Hint: Hit the glass bottle on the "57," not the bottom, to get the ketchup to flow.

4. One of President John Tyler's grandsons is still alive today—even though the President was born in 1790. How is this possible? President Tyler, the 10th US president, was 63 when his son Lyon Tyler was born in 1853; Lyon's son was born when he was 75. President Tyler's living grandson, Harrison Tyler is 95, while Lyon's other son, Lyon Jr., passed away in 2020 at the age of 95. The Tyler family still maintains the President's home, Sherwood Forest Plantation, in Virginia.

5. The tallest man ever recorded was American giant Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who stood 8 feet 11 inches. Wadlow's size was the result of an abnormally enlarged pituitary gland.

6. The tallest living man is 41-year-old Sultan Kösen, from Turkey, who is 8 feet, 2.8 inches. He set the record in 2009. His growth is also due to a pituitary issue.

7. The oldest person to have ever lived (whose age could be authenticated) was a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment. Calment was 122 years old when she died in 1997.

8. Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread? 

9. The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who lived in the 1700s, reportedly invented the sandwich so he wouldn't have to leave his gambling table to eat. 

10. The first college football game was played on November 6, 1869, between Rutgers and Princeton (then known as the College of New Jersey). It was played in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was won by Rutgers. 

11. Experiments in universities have actually been carried out to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, both with machine and human lickers (because this is important scientific knowledge!). The results ranged from 252 to 411. |

12. The Four Corners is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

13. Canada is south of Detroit (just look at a map).

14. The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. 

15. The oldest living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 192 years old in 2024. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882.

16. Bats are the only mammals that can actually fly.

17. Wombats are the only animal whose poop is cube-shaped. This is due to how its intestines form the feces. The animals then stack the cubes to mark their territory.

18. The most common wild bird in the world isn't the sparrow or blue jay—it's the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion. 

19. The heart of the blue whale, the largest animal on earth, is five feet long and weighs 400 pounds. The whale, in total, weighs 300,000 pounds.

20. For comparison, an elephant's heart weighs around 30 pounds. And a human heart? A mere 10 ounces.

21. Elephants can't jump. 

22. Octopuses have three hearts.

23. Cows don't actually have four stomachs; they have one stomach with four compartments. 

24. The platypus doesn't have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

25. This is one animal myth that's true: Eating parts of a pufferfish can kill you because of its defense mechanism, which contains a deadly chemical called tetrodotoxin. There's enough in one pufferfish to kill 30 people—and there's no antidote. Still, pufferfish, called fugu, is a highly-prized delicacy in Japan but can only be prepared by well-trained chefs.

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26. Polar bears have black skin. And actually, their fur isn't white—it's see-through, so it appears white as it reflects light.

27. A tiger's skin is actually striped, just like their fur. Also, no two fur patterns are alike.

28. Flamingoes are only pink because of chemicals called carotenoids in the algae and fish they eat; their feathers are actually grayish-white when they're born.

29. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world: They kill more people than any other creature due to the diseases they carry. 

30. What do Miss Piggy and Yoda have in common? They were both voiced by the same person, puppeteer Frank Oz.

31. Psycho was the first movie to show a toilet flushing. 

11. Experiments in universities have actually been carried out to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, both with machine and human lickers (because this is important scientific knowledge!). The results ranged from 252 to 411. |

12. The Four Corners is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

13. Canada is south of Detroit (just look at a map).

14. The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. 

15. The oldest living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 192 years old in 2024. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882.

16. Bats are the only mammals that can actually fly.

17. Wombats are the only animal whose poop is cube-shaped. This is due to how its intestines form the feces. The animals then stack the cubes to mark their territory.

18. The most common wild bird in the world isn't the sparrow or blue jay—it's the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion. 

19. The heart of the blue whale, the largest animal on earth, is five feet long and weighs 400 pounds. The whale, in total, weighs 300,000 pounds.

20. For comparison, an elephant's heart weighs around 30 pounds. And a human heart? A mere 10 ounces.

21. Elephants can't jump. 

22. Octopuses have three hearts.

23. Cows don't actually have four stomachs; they have one stomach with four compartments. 

24. The platypus doesn't have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

25. This is one animal myth that's true: Eating parts of a pufferfish can kill you because of its defense mechanism, which contains a deadly chemical called tetrodotoxin. There's enough in one pufferfish to kill 30 people—and there's no antidote. Still, pufferfish, called fugu, is a highly-prized delicacy in Japan but can only be prepared by well-trained chefs.

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26. Polar bears have black skin. And actually, their fur isn't white—it's see-through, so it appears white as it reflects light.

27. A tiger's skin is actually striped, just like their fur. Also, no two fur patterns are alike.

28. Flamingoes are only pink because of chemicals called carotenoids in the algae and fish they eat; their feathers are actually grayish-white when they're born.

29. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world: They kill more people than any other creature due to the diseases they carry. 

30. What do Miss Piggy and Yoda have in common? They were both voiced by the same person, puppeteer Frank Oz.

31. Psycho was the first movie to show a toilet flushing.