20 mind-blowing Facts you need to know: number 5 & 18 will surprise you
- Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
- Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
- The only food that doesn’t spoil is Honey.
- You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row on the keyboard.
- People say, ‘Bless You’ when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
- The longest muscle in the body is the tongue.
- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
- Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
- The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow in colour, and the blood of lobster is blue.
- The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the greb are all birds that cannot walk.
- The fastest bird is the Peregrine falcon, clocked at speeds of up to 240 miles per hour.
- Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- A cat’s tail contains nearly 10 percent of all the bones in its body.
- Corn is grown on every continent except antarctica.
- Hearing is the fastest human sense. a person can recognize a sound in as little as 0.05 seconds.
- “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- Earth is the only planet not named after a god.