Random Fun Facts

I found a who bunch of random fun facts that i wanted to show you guys if you like any of them you can post them on your world.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

On average people fear spiders more than death.

The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 12 letters.

About 17% of humans are left-handed. The same is true of chimpanzees and gorillas.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Google's name is a play on the word googol, which refers to the number 1 followed by one hundred zeroes.

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.

House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

All polar bears are left handed.

In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Mexico and Iceland have the highest per capita consumption of Coca-Cola.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The first outdoor sign advertising "Coca-Cola" still exists. It was originally painted in 1894 and is located in Cartersville, Georgia.

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