Fun Facts

Fun Fact #73

A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!

2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!

2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world’s widest road.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!

10 percent of the Russian government’s income comes from the sale of vodka.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.

-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.

“Vodka” is Russian for “little water”.