Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
Japanese people rarely leave rubbish on the streets. As a result, Japan doesn’t need janitors.
The costume designers for The Lord of the Rings worked for two straight years making custom armor. Just one Orc suit had 13,000 rings and took 3 days to make.
Eye of newt, toe of frog, and wool of bat are just archaic terms for mustard seed, buttercup, and holly leaves.
Northern Korean people are legally only allowed to have one of 28 haircuts. Men and women can choose from 14 different styles.
Eating a banana can help to form a lining that prevents heartburn from getting worse.
The closest living relatives of hippopotamuses are whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
The Great Wall of China is 3,728 miles long.
When Play-Doh was first developed in the 1930s, it wasn’t a toy… it was a way to clean wallpaper.
In Ancient Bafia culture, one could purchase a wife for the price of thirty potato mashers.
In a human foot, there are 26 bones.
Antarctica is the only continent on which turtles don’t live.
Warren Buffett eats at McDonald’s every single morning and only orders one of three things. It never costs him more than $3.17.
Psychopaths can only think of the possible positive consequences of their actions, not the negative ones.
Disney World is the second-largest purchaser of explosives in the United States, the first being the U.S. Department of Defense.
Hard cheeses have a longer shelf life than soft cheeses.
There were 19 living men in Austria found to be genetic relatives of Ötzi the Iceman in 2013, determined by blood testing.
The Latin name for banana is “musa sapientum” which translates to “fruit of the wise men.”
July 3rd is International Plastic Bag Free Day – it’s a day about making a little change to make a big impact (for the better) in the future.
Coca-Cola owns all website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.
In 1907, a woman was arrested on a beach in Boston for wearing a one-piece swimsuit.
Mountain Dew is slang for moonshine. It was originally created as a mixer for moonshine and whiskey in Tennessee.
The center of a comet is called a nucleus.
A crocodile escaped from a duffel bag on board a flight in the Congo, causing everybody to go to the front of the plane. This caused the plane to crash, leaving only one survivor.
August 5th is known as National Underwear Day – the perfect day to add some new, confidence-boosting pieces to your underwear collection.
Sprite was manufactured as Coca-Cola’s response to the popularity of 7 Up.
The word “white” comes from the Indo-European root “kweit” meaning “to shine.”
Although many people think shaving causes hair to grow back quicker, there is no scientific evidence for this.
In 1999, PayPal was voted as one of the top ten worst business ideas.
Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley’s son, wrote the theme song for the popular children’s cartoon Arthur when he was 26.
Cameron Dallas‘ middle name is Alexander.
Around 70% of people tilt their heads to the right rather than the left when kissing somebody else.
The name Milky Way derives from the Greek “galaxías kýklos” or “milky circle” due to its appearance as a dim milky band in the sky.
If your throat tickles, scratching your ear can make it go away.
Fruit flies were the first living creatures to be sent into space in 1947.
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world.
Of the 70% of water covering the Earth, only 3% of it is fresh, and the other 97% of it is salted.
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the U.S., with a population of 621,849. Meaning that it is not part of any county.
Applying non-fat yogurt to a sunburnt area is a natural way to deal with sunburn.
Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point – When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle.
Baby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.
Even though smoking has been banned on airplanes, ashtrays are mandatory on every plane. This is for safe disposal in case someone breaks the law.
79% of pet owners sleep with their pets.
Brussels Airport is the world’s biggest chocolate seller, selling over 800 tons of chocolate a year.
Although Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system, it is also the lightest planet!
The Apple Lisa was the first commercial computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse.
When you have to make a choice, and every choice is a bad one, it’s called a zugzwang.
Victoria’s Secret was originally supposed to be a store for men to shop for their female partners without feeling embarrassed.
The mongoose is one of those rare animals that are immune to a snake’s venom.
Mulan has the highest kill count of any Disney character, including villains, and was the first Disney Princess to be shown killing people on-screen.
In Greece, women are not legally allowed to wear high heels or tall hats in the Olympic Stadium.
Most catfish are normally active at night; however, the Peppered Cory Catfish is active more often during the day.
There was a man in the late 1700s who had such a constant and severe appetite that he was once kicked out of a hospital because they thought he ate an entire toddler.
Lake Superior contains 10% of the world’s freshwater. It is the size of South Carolina and contains 2,900 cubic miles of water.
Erotomania is a psychological disorder where the sufferer has delusions that another person is in love with him or her.
Harry Burnett Reese, the founder of Reese’s chocolate, was a former shipping foreman and a dairy farmer for Milton S. Hershey, the founder of Hershey’s chocolate.
Selfies now cause more deaths than shark attacks. It is estimated that there are 28 selfie-related deaths per year, with the leading cause being heights.
Carrots have zero fat content.
Cards Against Humanity bought an island in Maine to preserve wildlife. It is called Hawaii 2.
Leather products like handbags or shoes can be polished with the inside of a banana skin, simply rub it on and wipe it off with a cloth.
“Death by PowerPoint” is a term relating to the intense boredom of useless PowerPoint presentations.
Intentionally farting on a California prison guard can get you an additional 11 years in prison.
Nearly every brand of hard liquor is vegan.
Giving up alcohol for just one month can improve liver function, decrease blood pressure, and reduce the risk of liver disease and diabetes.
The Cesky Terrier is the rarest breed of dog in the world. Around 350 of them exist in total worldwide.
Puma, cougar, and mountain lion are names for the exact same animal. The scientific name is puma, but they are more commonly referred to as cougars.
Kesha was an extra in Katy Perry’s music video for “I Kissed a Girl.” Katy had some of her friends in the video – among those, a then unknown Kesha.
In the Philippines, it is considered good luck if a coconut is cleanly split open without jagged edges.
One of Hitler’s favorite tunes to whistle was the very popular “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, there were 3 sailors trapped in the USS West Virginia who could not be rescued, and it took 16 days for them to die.
Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe, which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
Clinomania is the excessive desire to lay in bed all day.
At his audition for The Office, John Krasinski told someone he was nervous about the producers ruining the show because of how great the British version was – little did he know, the person he was talking to was the show’s executive producer.
Hawaii’s state flag is the only U.S. state flag to feature the Union Jack upon it.
The radio took 38 years to reach a market audience of 50 million. The television took 13 years, and the iPod only took 3 years to reach a market audience of 50 million.
If a snake has its head chopped off – that chopped-off head can still bite and unleash a huge amount of venom.
Instead of having an army, Andorrans all must keep a rifle. The law also says that police officers can offer up a firearm if the need arises.
Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer.
King Kong was the first movie to ever have a sequel.
With the exception of a few organs, caterpillars liquefy almost completely while undergoing metamorphosis.
Sonic the Hedgehog is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest gaming character ever.
Each day, your mouth produces anywhere from 2 to 4 pints of saliva.
BTS was the first K-Pop group to get its own Twitter emojis.
The Green Lantern debuted in 1940, making the Lantern’s debut only two years after Superman’s.
Gleeking is the act of stimulating the salivary glands underneath your tongue into spitting a concentrated jet of pure saliva.
Bill Gates’s house was designed using a Macintosh Computer.
Playboy has been publishing braille versions of its magazines since 1970; however, no pictorial representations are included.
In 1986, a soviet Aeroflot pilot tried to land the plane blindly with all the windows curtained due to a bet with the co-pilot. He crashed and killed 70 of the 94 passengers on board.
26 is the atomic number of iron.
The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body.
Biting someone with false teeth in Louisiana, USA, is considered aggravated assault.
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
Temperature affects your attitude towards others. For example, if you hold a warm coffee as opposed to a cold coffee, you are more likely to be more selfless towards others.
Male cats are called toms, and females are called queens or mollies.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men, just three gifts.
When Kurt Russell smashed the guitar in “The Hateful Eight,” he accidentally destroyed an irreplaceable 145-year-old museum piece instead of one of the replicas.
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Ladybugs bleed from their knees when threatened.
Butterflies have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. This is known as the exoskeleton.
The creators of the PNG image file format wanted it to be pronounced as “ping.”
Dogs can be allergic to humans – specifically, their dander. While being treated for this allergy, it can take up to 12 months for a dog to recover.
World Kindness Day falls on November 13th and is a day to make the world a better place by showing just a little kindness to everybody.
Makeup has been used by women since before Cleopatra’s time. They would use berries and other fruits to give their faces some color.
85% of people have experienced a dream so real that they were not sure if it happened in real life or not.
When he was President, George H.W. Bush banned broccoli from Air Force One and the White House.
The British tried to invent a ship made out of wood pulp and ice during World War II. Called Project Habakkuk, it was shelved due to costs.
Although the saltwater crocodile has the highest recorded bite force of any animal, the muscles to open its mouth are weak. Its mouth can be shut with a couple of layers of duct tape.
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902. He wrote 27 books, including Of Mice and Men.
In over 35 British divorce cases in 2012 alone, the video game “Football Manager” was cited.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
The last picture taken of John Lennon while he was alive had his killer in the frame.
Gasping for air in a high-altitude environment, plus UV light reflecting off the snow, will cause the roof of your mouth to get sunburnt.
Tutankhamun’s parents were brother and sister.
A bottle of Coca-Cola has a PH scale of 2.8 and could dissolve a nail in just 4 days.
The Titanic was about three times bigger than Noah’s Ark, with a volume of 4.6 million cubic feet.
The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded, and Adolf Hitler was born: 1889.
The largest snowflake in the world was found in 1887 it was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
China banned Back to the Future because it contained time travel.
Donald Trump owns and operates around 18 golf courses around the world.
January 10th is “Peculiar People Day” – a day to celebrate those of us who are a little quirky, weird, or eccentric.
Aaron Carpenter got verified on Instagram on April 29, 2015.
The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1 million to study memes.
Cards Against Humanity celebrated Black Friday by digging a hole as long as people donate. They raised over $100k.
Coca-Cola was the first drink that was ever consumed in space.
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, reflects 90% of the sunlight, making it more reflective than snow.
God is the only Simpsons character who has five fingers. The rest of the characters are only seen with four.
In India, the flying of a kite is illegal under a 1934 law, which classes kites as aircraft.
The very first bottle of Dr Pepper was sold in America on January 12, 1885.
“Finger Lickin’ Good” had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became “eat your fingers off.”
Giraffe hearts pump twice as hard as a cow’s heart in order to get blood to its brain.
Nike was founded on January 25, 1964, by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight.
The “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.
The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
Drinking water and staying hydrated will help the fluids in your sinuses from becoming sticky, which causes more snoring.
In feudal Japan, lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.
In 2015, Ariana Grande won two MTV Millennial Awards for the “Global Instagrammer of the Year” and “International Hit of the Year” with her single “One Last Time.”
The word “peacock” does not actually apply to both male and female birds. It’s only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. Together, the collective name for them is “peafowl.”
Evangeline Lilly is a notoriously bad driver. She has been in at least 8 car accidents, and none of them were with another car.
In 1993, Aleksandr A. Serebrov took his Game Boy to space. Later, it was auctioned for $1,220 and is said to have orbited Earth 3,000 times.
The patterns on a giraffe are totally unique – no two giraffes are ever the same.
Geomelophagia is a condition where someone has the urge to eat raw potatoes.
Drink green tea before bed to burn calories while sleeping. Green tea will also increase your metabolism.
As of May 2015, 2.3 million Americans still subscribed to AOL Dial-Up Internet.
The average inmate at Alcatraz read 75-100 books per year.
There are computers designed for Amish people, with selling points like “No internet, no video, no music.”
Legoland Billund opened on June 7, 1968, and attracted over 3,000 visitors on the first day!
The state vegetable of Oklahoma is the Watermelon, despite the fact that it is indeed a fruit.
In 1911, Bobby Leach was the 2nd person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He died 15 years later from slipping on an orange peel and getting gangrene.
In Texas, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you find it. It would be considered a non-protected nongame animal.
In 1922 & 1933, The Coca-Cola Company was offered a chance to buy the Pepsi-Cola company, and it declined on three separate occasions.
Putting your phone in airplane mode will stop ads while playing games.
Cardi B’s birth name is Belcalis Almanzar.
A group of whales is called a pod.
Bumblebees have hair on their eyes.
The word “Android” means a human with a male robot appearance.
Triton, one of Neptune’s moons, is gradually getting closer to the planet it orbits.
The Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after either a Greek or Roman God.
Kiss means “pee” in Swedish.
In New Jersey, it’s illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a violent crime.
The most leaves ever found on a single clover is 56.
There is actually a difference between coffins and caskets – coffins are typically tapered and six-sided, while caskets are rectangular.
“Strategic incompetence” is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don’t know how to do them.
A 23-sided shape is called an Icosakaitrigon.
Turkeys aren’t just for Christmas. June is National Turkey Lover’s Month.
When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, he was the richest artist in history.
The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, ate a spoonful of the stuff every single day.
“Led Zeppelin” originally wanted to be called “Lead Zeppelin,” but they felt that “thick Americans” would pronounce the word wrong.
The serial number on Darth Vader’s suit of armor was E-3778Q-1.
More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving.
Liège, Belgium, tried to use 37 cats to deliver mail in the 1870s. Most of the cats took up to a day to deliver the mail, and the service was short-lived.
A female’s heart is smaller than a male’s by about 25%. Because of this, the female heart has to beat around six times more than the male heart to pump the correct amount of blood around the body.
In 1325, two Italian city-states fought over a bucket, which resulted in 2,000 deaths. It started when two soldiers stole a bucket from a well in the city center.
In 2000, the first permanent crew inhabited the International Space Station (ISS). Since then, there’s always been a human presence in space.
Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet.
During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo.
Peaches are the third-most-popular fruit grown in America.
Emilie de Ravin’s biggest TV role as Claire Littleton on the hit show “Lost“, loves peanut butter – which is unintentionally ironic because Emilie is allergic to peanuts. In reality, her biggest weakness is actually chocolate.
Jupiter has 69 moons. A few are 12-37 miles in diameter, but most are barely 1 mile in size. Jupiter itself is 317 times the mass of the Earth.
In a survey, 33% of dog owners admitted to chatting over the telephone with their dogs.
Losing Weight is the most common New Year’s resolution.
A sunset on Mars is blue.
In “Part 1” of the Battlestar Galactica mini-series, there is a scene where Serenity, the ship from Firefly, can be seen flying through the sky.
The smallest possible measurement of length is known as the Planck Length. Anything smaller than this would break everything we understand about physics.
The social media website, MySpace, was founded in 2003 and sold for $580 million in 2005. At this time, it was the most visited social networking site in the world and even surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States!
One of the earliest depictions of dreadlocks dates back to 1600 BC to the Minoan Civilization, one of Europe’s earliest civilizations, who lived in what is now known as Greece.
The most expensive domain name ever sold was cars.com for an astonishing $872.3 million.
Polygamy is the practice of having more than one husband or wife at the same time. Polygyny is when a man is married to more than one woman, and Polyandry is when a woman is married to more than one husband.
As of September 2016, the Giant Panda was downgraded from “endangered” to “vulnerable” on the Global List of Species at Risk of Extinction.
The world’s oldest surviving bank is “Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena,” which was founded in 1472 and is currently Italy’s 3rd largest bank.
The letter Z is the least frequently used letter in written English. It is more common in American English than in British English due to spelling differences.
The cardboard holder that you often get around a takeaway cup of coffee is called a “zarf.”
The logo for the Monster energy drink cans is not an M, as most believe, but are claw marks from a monster ripping through the can. In 2014 a YouTube video gained an international audience when they claimed that each segment of the claw mark looks like the Hebrew symbol for the number six, making the logo into 666, the number of the Beast.
The largest pumpkin pie ever baked was in 2005 and weighed 2,020 pounds or just over 916kg.
The Triangle took nearly 100 years to become a popular orchestral instrument.
The first computer virus ever created was called Creeper back in 1971. Shortly after this virus was created, Reaper was created as the world’s first anti-virus.
The earliest mention of the mythical creature, the Unicorn, dates back as far as 2700 BC in Asia and was described as a creature of great power and wisdom.
The oldest webcam stream online today is The San Francisco FogCam which has been operational since 1994.
In Japanese legend, it is said that anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes will be granted a wish by the gods.
Doggerland is the area of land connecting Great Britain to continental Europe. It was flooded by rising sea levels (6500-6200 BC), turning Great Britain into an island.
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