130 AMAZING FACTS. 

130 AMAZING FACTS:–

1) The largest octopus ever immortalized weighs 71 kg.

2) India is the only country to have won the world cup in both 60 overs and 50 overs cricket match.

3) Amazon forest (South America ) produces 20% of worlds oxygen.

4) Hicham El Guerrouj holds 7 of the fastest 10 times ever run in the 1500 m and in the mile. 

5) The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

6) Butterflies taste their food with their feet.

7) A sneeze travels approximately 100 miles per hour.

8) Everyone has a unique tongue imprint, just like fingerprints.

9) You share your birthday with atleast 9 million people in the world.

10) In ancient Egypt they paid their taxes with honey.

11) A cat’s brain is a million times faster than an iPad and can store 1000 times more data. 

12) Finland reserves the postal code 99999 for Santa Claus.

13) Polar bears are left handed.

14) Wearing headphones for just 1 hour will increase the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

15) The sim card in your cell phone is basically like a tiny computer it has a built-in CPU Ram and Rom.

16) First born children tend to have a high I.Q. than their siblings.

17) One can burn about 170 calories per hour by playing the violin ! 

18) Your foot and your forearm are the exact same size.

19) Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

20) It is illegal to carry a fish suspiciously in the UK.

21) Killer whales are actually  dolphins.

22) Delhi’s Connaught Place is the 17th most expensive office market in the world.

23) The Delhi Metro system was voted the 4th best in the world.

24) The growth rate of population in India is so tremendous that India can produce an Israel every 3 months and a Switzerland every 6 months and Australia in 1 year. 

25) People with higher incomes are more likely to exercise regularly.

26) A person who is okay with being alone is a powerful person.

27) People who are good at detecting lies also tend to be better at lying.

28) In France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away excess food. The food must either be composed or donated.

29) Fathers who do more chores around the house tend to have more ambitious daughters.

30) Blood donors in Sweden are sent a text message every time their blood is used to save a life.

31) Crocodiles are fast on their feet, but cannot turn very well. If one is chasing you, run in Zigzag lines.

32) There are no snakes in Ireland. 

33) Fast walkers tend to live longer than slow walkers. 

34) Sleeping next to someone you love makes you fall asleep faster, reduces depression, and helps you live longer.

35) Roughly 1700 peoples become millionaires in the United States every day.

36) During pregnancy, if the mother suffers organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to repair the damaged organ.

37) The Finland has the most islands of any country in the world with 179584.

38) A scorpion is able to hold its breath for upto six days, can go a whole year without eating, can climb practically any surfaces, and glows in the dark.

39) If a female fox dies, her mate will stay single forever, but widowed female fox looks for a new mate immediately.

40) It’s estimated that there are more trees on earth than stars in the Milky way galaxy.

41) A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia. 

42) 90% of people laugh harder when trying to explain why they are laughing. 

43) Womens hearts beat faster than men. 

44) Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes.

45) The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.

46) An ostrich eye is bigger than its brain.

47) Everytime you learn a new fact, your brain changes. It’s called neuroplasticity. 

48) Banana is a happy fruit. Eating just one can help relieve irritable emotions, anger and or depression. 

49) When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.

50) A person who hides their pain behind a smile is called an Eccedentesiast.

51) If you have power to go alone in cinema halls and restaurants then you can do anything in your life.

52) A hippopotamus can run faster than a human.

53) Every 35 days, your skin replaces itself and your body makes new sales based on the foods you eat.

54) 3 US presidents have won Grammys.

55) There are almost 8 million possible seven-digit phone numbers per area code.

56) Chewing gum is banned in Singapore.

57) The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.

58) There was a prehistoric dragonfly that’s wings spanned more than two feet.

59) The top speed of the winning car in the first U.S. race was seven miles per hour.

60) Almost half the world’s population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.

61)It only takes six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain.

62) A cricket bat usually weighs between 2 and 3 pounds.

63) Goat milk digest in only 20 minutes while cow milk takes upto 2-3 hours to digest.

64) People who are shorter are more likely to be violent and aggressive than people who are tall.

65) Living near water (whether it’s the ocean or a lake) can make you happier, calmer and more creative.

66) Did you know flip flops were once called

flip flaps? In fact, they’re known by many names. In Australia, they’re called ‘thongs’,which can cause serious confusion to non-Aussies.

67) The original London Bridge is now in Arizona. It was dismantled and relocated in 1968.

68) There is a village in the Netherlands named “Giethroorn” which has no roads and only canals.

69) Viral study suggests laziness can be a sign of high intelligence in people.

70) The longest recorded cricket match lasted 14 days.

71) India has the highest population of wild tigers among all countries.

72) A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.

73) Dimple are in fact genetic defects,as muscles grow incorrectly and leave a gap between them. 

74) Attractive people are perceived as more intelligent, even if they are not. This is caled the “Halo Effect.

75) Pomegranates can help balance female hormones without side effects.

76)In 1983, the old town of Bern was recOgnised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

77) A spacesuit takes 5,000 hours to make and costs around $1 million.

78) The person who invented homework was an Italian teacher named ‘Roberto Nevilis’. He invented homework in 1905 as a punishment for his students.

79) Only 5% of the universe is visible from Earth.

80) THE ICEBERG’S SHADOWS DIVIDE THE WORLD INTO 4 PERFECT QUADRANTS.

81) An octopus mother lays her eggs, and once they hatch, she dies. 

82) An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream is almost twice as healthy as a multigrain   bagel with raisins.

83) Babies tend to look more at attractive faces, and less at unattractive faces.

84) According to studies, bad and messy handwriting is a sign of high intelligence, meaning your pen cannot keep up with your brain.

85) Vegetarian have 14% lower risk of cancer than non-veg- Study

86) Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don’t have eyes.

87) Snails are amost completely blind and don’t have any mechanism of hearing sounds either: However their sense of smell is extraordinary. They can apparently locate food from as far as 10 feet away.

88) The sun and moon appear to be the same size because of an astonishing coincidence : the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.

89) Solar flares are more powerful than nuclear bombs.

90) Facts related to water. 78 crore people in the world do not have a good source of water.

91) NASA has discovered water in the form of ice on the moon.

92) 1.7 percent of the world’s water is frozen. So it is not suitable for use.

93)There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than rivers.

94)About 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States every day.

95) Water can dissolve more substances than acids. It is more soluble than sulfuric acid.

96) Water regulates the Earth’s temperature.

97) About half of the water Americans use is used to generate thermoelectric power.

98) It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose.

99) All mammals get goosebumps.

100) Japan has one vending machine for every 40 people.

101) Tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable.

102) Snakes smell with their tongue.

103) Ketchup was once sold as medicine.

104) A mile is 5280 feet long.

105) Bananas glow blue under black lights.

106) Police in Brazil rides on water buffalos to catch escaping criminals trying to flee through rivers and swamps.

107) Oceans produce more oxygen than all the trees combined. 

108) Dolphins love pregnant women because they communicate by Ultrasound, besides mom’s heartbeat they can also hear baby’s heartbeat they find it fascinating.

109) The lacrimal punctum is a small hole in your eyelids, that drains your tears to your nose. It’s the reason why you get a runny nose after crying.

110) In Sweden, it’s illegal to leave a dog alone for more than six hours. this law ensures that dogs receive proper care, and many owners use doggy day care services if they work long hours. 

111)November is known as the slowest month for selling magazines than other months.

112)* India is the second – biggest mobile application market; USA is on the first position. Amongst billions of WhatsApp users, over 68% are from India. It is the perfect indicator that India is an emerging market for the app development and IT industry.

113)* Ronaldo is known for his exceptional dribbling skills, incredible speed, and his exceptional goalscoring ability.

114)* With 2.8 million apps, Android Play Store holds the first position when it comes to the applications available for download.

115)* What is today? 24 th September :– National Cherries Jubilee Day, Bluebird of Happiness day, Bollywood Day, Heritage Day(South Africa), Lash Stylist Day, National Horchata Day, National Mofongo Day, National Puntuation Day, National voter registration day (USA), Our Lady of Mercy Day.

116) Jakarta is the world’s fastest – sinking city and is expected to be submerged by 2050 if the current rate of subsidence continues.

117) Capsicum with 3 bums are Male. Capsicum with 4 bums are Female.

118) If a person uses a lot of hands gestures while talking it, indicates that they are telling the truth and 100% confident about the facts.

119) The tallest building in the world for 40 years, the Empire State Building is 1,454 feet tall. The Golden Gate Bridge’s main towers measure 746 feet above the water.

120) The largest of the Great Pyramids once stood about 482 feet tall, today diminished slightly to 449.5 feet. Either way, the Gateway Arch vaults over the Egyptian wonder at 630 feet.

121) At 2,717 feet, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa became the tallest building in the world when it was inaugurated in 2010. However, it is significantly shorter than the world’s highest waterfall, Venezuela’s Angel Falls (also known as Kerepakupai Merú), which has a 3,212-foot drop.

122) London’s Elizabeth Tower, which houses the large bell called Big Ben and is frequently referred to by that name, is 315 feet tall, twice as tall as the Roman Colosseum, which reaches 157 feet.

123) Sometimes it is good to be king. Buckingham Palace is 79 feet tall, edging out the White House at 70 feet tall.

124) Graphene is the most strongest material. It is 200 times stronger than steel. It would take an elephant balancing on a pencil to break a sheet as thin as paper.

125) The toothbrush was invented in 1498 in China.

126) Honeyis the only food on the planet that doesn’t spoil. Due to its low moisture and natural acidity. It can remain edible for thousands of years!

127) The Kanheri Caves(Maharashtra) have over 100 entrances, making them unique!

128) Saudi Arabia has launched ‘Milaf Cola’, the world’s first cola made from dates, blending tradition with innovation. This healthier alternative highlights the cultural significance of dates while catering to global trends for natural beverages.

129) Fierce warriors called Vikings lived in Norway around 1000 years ago!

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