30/01/2023
The smallest park in the world is a circle in a street 2 feet across.
In a room with just 23 people, there’s a 50-50 chance that at least two people have the same birthday.
Sharks lived on earth before trees.
If you could fold a piece of paper in half 42 times, it would reach the moon.
In 1961 two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped over North Carolina. A glitch prevented them from detonating.
Red, green, yellow, and orange bell peppers are all the same type of pepper with their color difference being caused by being at different stages of ripeness.
In 1919, a wave a molasses rushed through the streets of Boston killing 21 people and injuring 150.
There is a part of Yellowstone National Park where a person could theoretically get away with murder due to a loophole.
People living in the southern hemisphere see the moon upside down compared to people living in the northern hemisphere.
28/01/2023
NASA mistakenly erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon.
Australia exports camels to the Middle East.
Tommy Fitzpatrick stole a small plane in 1956 from New Jersey on a bet and then landed it on the narrow street in front of the bar where he had been drinking in Manhattan. Two years later, he did it again after someone didn't believe he had done it the first time.
There are more trees on earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
The first can opener wasn't invented until almost 50 years after the invention of the can.
A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus.
The US Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that a tomato is a vegetable and not a fruit.
You could fit all the planets between the Earth and the moon.
Mark Twain was born on the same day Halley’s Comet flew by the earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Comet appeared on April 21, 1910, which is the day Mark Twain died.
26/01/2023
The founder of Match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to another man she met on Match.com
A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus.
It's legal for anyone over 5 years old to drink alcohol in the UK.
Red, green, yellow, and orange bell peppers are all the same type of pepper with their color difference being caused by being at different stages of ripeness.
Australia exports camels to the Middle East.
One teaspoon of neutron star material weighs six billion tons.
A Japanese company gives its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for smoking breaks.
90% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
Twinkies only have a shelf life of 45 days.
