Daily Fact or Fiction

❓ The coldest place in the universe is on Earth.

❓ There’s a pink lake in Australia.

❓ The human brain is the fattiest organ in the body.

❓ The first recorded selfie was taken in the 2000s.

❓ The world’s largest desert is the Sahara.

❓ Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.

❓ It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

❓ A single teaspoon of honey represents the life’s work of 12 bees.

❓ There is a species of lizard that can shoot blood from its eyes.

❓ A day on Jupiter is shorter than a day on Earth.

❓ A group of flamingos is called a "parliment.”

❓ If you folded a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach the Moon.

❓ The human body glows in the dark.

❓ The inventor of Coca-Cola originally intended it to be a medicine.

❓ There was a war fought over a bucket.

❓ The moon is slowly moving closer to Earth.

❓ It is widely believed that slaves built the Pyramids of Giza.

❓ The average cloud weighs over a million pounds.

❓ Sharks are the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

❓ You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from over two miles away.

❓ The Great Fire of London ended because it rained.

❓ The inventor of the guillotine was executed by his own device.

❓ There has only ever been 6 checkmates in the history of the Chess World Championships, going back to 1886.

❓ Neptune is the only planet that spins clockwise

❓ It is illegal to own just one Guinea Pig in Switzerland

❓ Of the original 49, the #13 is the least drawn number in the UK Lotto

❓ The record for surviving a fall from a plane without a parachute is over 30,000 feet.

❓ The inventor of the Rubik’s Cube took over a month to solve his own puzzle.

❓ There was once a medieval law that banned people from dying inside the Houses of Parliament in London.

❓ If you touch a baby bird, its mother will reject it.

❓ The human body completely replaces all its cells every seven years.

❓ Some turtles can breathe through their butts.

❓ The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS distress signal.

❓ The original name for Google was "BackRub.”

❓ The Great Wall of China was built in one continuous project.

❓ In 1518, a dancing plague caused people to dance uncontrollably for days.

❓ The first alarm clock could only ring at one time of day.

❓ The letter "J" was the last letter added to the English alphabet.

❓ A U.S. town once elected a dog as its may

❓ There is a town in Canada where you are legally required to smile.

❓ The Guinness Book of World Records was created to settle bar arguments.

❓ The word “quarantine” comes from an old Italian practice of isolating ships for 40 days.

❓ There is a place on Earth where you can stand in five countries at once.

❓ The shortest war in history lasted less than an hour.

❓ Stephen Hawking declined a knighthood from the Queen of England.

❓ A black panther isn’t actually a species of cat.

❓ Your brain feels pain more strongly than any other organ.

❓ Monaco is the smallest country in the world.

❓ The Spanish Flu originated in Spain.

❓ Algeria is larger in size than Greenland.

❓ A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

❓ You swallow an average of eight spiders per year in your sleep.

❓ The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.

❓ The inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was destroyed in a fire.

❓ An aeroplane's black box is yellow.

❓ Crash Bandicoot was almost called Willy the Wombat.

❓ Sonic the Hedgehog was initially designed to be a rabbit.

❓ Humans evolved from chimpanzees.

❓ The tongue has specific taste zones for sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

❓ The chemical symbol for gold is Au because it stands for "aurum," the Latin word for gold.

❓ The Premier League trophy is made entirely of gold.

❓ Manchester United was the first team to win the Premier League.

❓ London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai.

❓ Raindrops are tear-shaped as they fall from the sky.

❓ The original London Bridge is now in Arizona.

❓ The dot over the letter "i" is officially called a "tittle.”

❓ The first oranges weren’t orange; they were green.

❓ A shrimp’s heart is located in its tail.

❓ Penguins have knees.

❓ The Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be built in Barcelona, not Paris.

❓ The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, refused to have a telephone in his office.

❓ The Gaming Industry see more revenue that the Film and Music Industries combined.

❓ The PlayStation 2 was the best-selling console of all time.

❓ The best-selling video game of all time is Minecraft

❓ The longest recorded tennis match lasted over 11 hours.

❓ The NBA logo features Michael Jordan

❓ Water can boil and freeze at the same time.

❓ Humans have the same number of neck vertebrae as giraffes.

❓ Water in a toilet flushes in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres.

❓ Bananas grow on trees.

❓ Penguins can smell underwater.

❓ Cows can sleep standing up, but they can’t dream unless they lie down.

❓ Sloths can hold their breath under water for longer than dolphins.

❓ New Year’s Day is the oldest celebrated holiday in history.

❓ Eating 12 grapes at midnight is a New Year’s Eve tradition in Spain.

❓ Despicable Me 4 was the top grossing movie of 2024 Worldwide.

❓ In terms of hours watched, the most popular TV show on Netflix in 2024 was Bridgerton.

❓ The 2024 winter olympics took place in Milano-Cortina

❓ 2024 was a leap year

❓ Boxing Day gets its name from a tradition of giving servants a box of gifts.

❓ The tradition of gift-giving during Christmas originates from the story of the Three Wise Men.

❓ The modern image of Santa Claus was created by Coca-Cola.

❓ The song White Christmas is the best-selling single of all time.

❓ Candy canes were invented in the United States in the 20th century.

❓ The song Jingle Bells was originally written for Thanks Giving.

❓ The first artificial Christmas trees were made from goose feathers.

❓ A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s.

❓ A cat’s nose print is as unique as a human fingerprint.

❓ Pink was historically considered a masculine color.