30 most amazing and random facts that blow you mind
1. Children who are breastfed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.
3. The world's most expensive coffee brands are made from the dung of Thai elephants.
4. The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco.
7. Romantic love is biochemically indistinguishable from having a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
8. All colors of Froot Loops have the same flavor.
9. Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
10. There are more microbes on one person's hand than there are people on the planet.
11. If the power goes out and you can't find your emergency candles, grab a box of crayons. Carefully set one upright in a small glass, and use a lighter the same way you would on a regular candle. The crayon should burn for up to 30 minutes.
12. The film "Mary Poppins" was filmed entirely at the Walt Disney Studios.
13. The wheelbarrow was invented in China.
14. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
15. According to Utah law, a husband is responsible for any criminal act that his wife commits while in his presence.
16. When a massive star explodes, its scrunched up core forms something called a neutron star. Neutron stars are so dense that just a teaspoon of their material would weigh more than Mt. Everest. The explosion can spin the neutron star to mind blowing speeds — up to 600 rotations per second.
17. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for "General Purpose" vehicle.
18. 1977, Argentina sent a pregnant woman to Antarctica in an effort to claim a portion of the continent. Her child became the 1st person to be born on the southernmost continent.
19. If you sneeze too hard you can fracture a rib.
20. Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is composed by penguin urine.
21. Because news traveled so slow, slaves in Texas didn't know they were free for more than two years after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
22. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
23. The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, believed in the product so much that he ate a spoonful of it every day until his death at 96.
24. Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with the urine of beavers.
25. Google Images was created after Jennifer Lopez wore that infamous dress at the 2000 Grammys.
26. Your foot has 26 bones in it.
27. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
28. While the Earth appears to be round when viewed from the vantage point of space, it is actually closer to an ellipsoid. However, even an ellipsoid does not adequately describe the Earth’s unique and ever-changing shape.
29. The word "fizzle" started as a type of fart.
30. Giraffe age can be calculated from its spots. The darker the spots, the older the giraffe.
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