Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts on basically EVERYTHING!

#1. When hippos are upset their sweat turns red

#2. Cherophobia is the fear of FUN

#3. If you lift a kangaroos tail of the ground they can't hop

#4. Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun

#5. During your lifetime you will produce enough saliva to fill up 2 swimming pools

#6. You can't dream and snore at the same time

#7. Slugs have 4 noses

#8. Owls are the only birds in the world that can see the color blue

#9. A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry

#10. You can't swallow without your tongue touching the roof of your mouth

#11. The bat is the only mammal that can fly

#12. The average human yawns around 250,000 times in his/hers lifetime

#13. Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as a wallpaper

#14. The worlds most popular fruit is the tomato

#15. Cucumbers are fruits!

#16. Cotton candy was first named "fairy floss"

#17. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

#18. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.

#19. A shrimps heart is in its head

#20. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear any pants.

#21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver.

#22. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

#23. There is a city called Rome on every continent except Antarctica.

#24. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

#25. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

#26. Australia has over 10,000 beaches

#27. Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it

#28. Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

#29. A strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

#30. The plastic things on the ends of shoelaces are called aglets