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❓ The Earth's core is as hot as the surface of the sun.
❓ Water is the only substance that exists naturally in all three states—solid, liquid, and gas.
❓ Humans only use 10% of their brain.
❓ Musicians have better brain connectivity than non-musicians.
❓ Listening to classical music can make babies smarter.
❓ The Godfather (1972) was directed by Martin Scorsese.
❓ "Friends" was mainly filmed in New York City.
❓ "The Simpsons" is the longest-running animated scripted TV series in history.
❓ The Nile River carries more water than any other river in the world.
❓ Africa is the continent with the most countries.
❓ The fax machine was invented before the telephone.
❓ Bubble gum was originally gray.
❓ The "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality.”
❓ The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world.
❓ The hashtag symbol (#) is also called an octothorpe.
❓ Coca-Cola was originally green.
❓ Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.
❓ A 29th of February occurred in 1900.
❓ The Great Fire of London killed over 10,000 people
❓ The first person convicted of speeding was going 8 mph.
❓ The original London Bridge is now located in the United States.
❓ The United States has no official language.
❓ The Statue of Liberty was originally intended for England.
❓ Sharks are older than trees.
❓ There is enough gold in Earth’s core to coat the planet in a 1.5-foot-thick layer.
❓ Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
❓ You can only fold a piece of paper seven times, no matter the size.
❓ There is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.
❓ Bats are blind.
❓ The human nose can detect more than 1 trillion different scents.
❓ The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
❓ Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth from base to summit.
❓ A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance.”
❓ The Great Pyramid of Giza was originally covered in smooth white limestone.
❓ Bees can recognize human faces
❓ Napoleon Bonaparte was extremely short
❓ The Pacific Ocean is wider than the moon.
❓ Humans share approximately 50% of their DNA with bananas
❓ The Eiffel Tower can grow taller in summer.
❓ Chameleons change color to blend in with their surroundings.
❓ A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
❓ The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes.
❓ Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing.
❓ The female blanket octopus is 10,000 times heavier than the male
❓ Taylor Swift's first job was on a Christmas Tree farm
❓ A group of crocodiles is known as a shrewdness
❓ Kelly Clarkson came 4th on the first series of American Idol
❓ The Downton Abbey series starts the day after the sinking of the Titanic
❓ Ketchup used to be sold as a medicine
❓ Three strikes in a row in bowling is called a chicken
❓ Butterflies taste through their wings
❓ In 2023, the most spoken language in the world was English
❓ Lightening is hotter than the surface of the sun
❓ The hardest substance in the human body is tooth enamel
❓ Frozen II is the highest grossing animated movie of all time
❓ Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII
❓ Antibiotics are effective against viruses
❓ Crocodiles sweat through their tails
❓ The titanic sank on its maiden voyage
❓ Sound travels faster in water than ait
❓ The average human body is about 60% water
❓ Astronauts shrink in space
❓ The biggest tyre producer in the world is Michelin
❓ The oldest city in the UK is Chester
❓ Toy Story was Pixar's first movie
❓ Disney's biggest grossing movie is Avengers: End Game
❓ Deleware is the smallest US State
❓ Hannukah lasts for 7 days
❓ The ‘Edinburgh Fringe Festival’ is the biggest arts festival in the world
❓ A group of giraffes is known as a tower
❓ The mammal with the slowest digestion rate is a Sloth
❓ Rihanna was born in the Bahamas
❓ Opposite numbers on a dice always add up to 7
❓ The letter K in Scrable is worth 5points
❓ Harley-Davidson tried to trademark the sound of their engine revving
❓ The word news is an acronym for North, East, South, West because news is from around the globe
❓ Football was invented it China
❓ Eating too many carrots turns your skin orange
❓ Peru shares a boarder with Venezuela
❓ Meghan Markle's first name is actually Rachel
❓ A cross between a Horse and Zebra is a Hobra?
❓ In a deck of card, only the king of diamonds doesn't have a mustache
❓ The ‘District Line' in London has the most stops of any Tube line
❓ Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can help reduce PTSD symptoms.
❓ The first music video played on MTV was ‘Betty Davis Eyes’
❓ Pablo Picasso and The Rock were alive at the same time
❓ Lisa Kudrow originally played Roz in Frasier but was sacked after 3 days.
❓ The highest grossing movie of all time is Avengers: End Game
❓ Crocodiles sweat through their tail
❓ Brazil is home to the biggest population of Japanese people outside of Japan.
❓ France consumes the most wine in the world.
❓ The United Kingdom consumes the most chocolate per capita in the world.
❓ The great wall of China is long enough to span entirely around the equator.
❓ Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
❓ The oldest tree in the world is less than 5000 years old.
❓ The longest river in the world is the Amazon river.
❓ The first commercial vacuum cleaner was powered by a bicycle.
❓ McDonald’s made broccoli that tasted like bubblegum.
❓ The length of the Great Wall of China is longer than the distance between London and Beijing.
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