Here are some interesting facts from various sources:
- The Barbie dolls 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.
- It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow.
- Australia is wider than the moon. The moon sits at 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles) .
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- A shrimp's heart is in its head.
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard; Hunting and pecking doesn't count) .
- Black holes are regions in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, can escape it.
- Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
- The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain. Its eyes are around the size of a billiard ball. One eye is also smaller than the other.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. This includes change in dimes, quarters, and combinations of the two.
- Some lipsticks contain fish scales.
- 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.
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- In Celtic mythology, the unicorn is connected with both chivalry and dominance as well as purity and innocence. Scotland chose the unicorn as its national animal.
- Avocados are fruits because they are single-seeded berries.
- The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
- Cat urine glows under a black-light.
- Las Vegas casinos have no clocks.
- The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
- The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after just 38 minutes.
These are just a few of the many interesting facts out there.
