23 weird and interesting facts from around the globe.
1. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to complete one rotation on its axis, but only 225 Earth days to porbit the sun.
2. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
3. Octopuses have three hearts - two pump blood through the gills, and one pumps blood to the rest of the body.
4. The shortest war in history lasted only 38-45 minutes. It was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
5. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
6. The "dollar sign" ($), used to represent the US currency, is believed to have originated from the abbreviation for "peso" - "ps" - with the "s" written over the "p."
7. The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches in summer due to the expansion of the iron in the heat.
8. The fingerprints of a koala are so similar to those of humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.
9. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
10. The original name of the search engine "Google" was "Backrub."
11. Armadillos can contract leprosy and are used in research for the disease.
12. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
13. The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
14. A day on Pluto is approximately 153.3 hours long.
15. The dot over the letter "i" is called a "tittle."
16. The shortest war in history occurred between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
17. Maine is the only state in the United States whose name is just one syllable.
18. The world's oldest known living organism is a seagrass meadow of the species Posidonia oceanica, estimated to be around 200,000 years old.
19. The letter "Q" is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in any U.S. state name.
20. The tiny pocket in jeans was originally designed to hold pocket watches.
21. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.
22. The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter muscle, which allows you to chew food.
23. Honeybees communicate with each other through a dance known as the "waggle dance" to indicate the direction and distance of a food source.
Hope you enjoyed these weird and interesting facts!
