We’ve all been amazed by those facts that we have on a Fantale wrapper or in a book, but did you know there are millions out there you probably weren’t aware of? We have found 20 of the best…prepared to be wowed!
- There are more fake flamingos in the world than real.
- Half of all humans who have ever lived, died from malaria.
- Once Charlie Chaplin entered a contest for “Charlie Chaplin look-alikes” and he came in third
- Of all the people in history that have reached 65 years of age, half of them are living right now.
- When your mother was born, she was already carrying the egg that would become you.
- Lighters were invented before matches.
- Potatoes aren’t actually originally from Ireland… they’re from Peru.
- Otters sleep holding hands.
- You have no sense of smell when you are asleep.
- It is criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
- Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
- Only one McDonald’s in the world has turquoise arches. Sedona, Arizona thought yellow clashed with the natural red rock.
- Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men is used by researchers to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness.
- The medical term for ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
- Blue is a psychological appetite suppressant – if you eat off a blue plate, you will eat less.
- Firefighters used to dip their beards in water and breathe through the wet hairs clenched between their teeth before breathing apparatuses were invented.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob
- Humpty Dumpty’s rhyme doesn’t say he’s an egg
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- Bubble wrap was originally meant to be a wallpaper
What is your favourite fact? What one of these amazed you? Tell us below!