Wounds sustained during the day heal twice as fast
compared to those sustained at night!
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Random Facts
Submit a FactThe reason we don’t have more mummies to study
is because we ate most of them.
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Big rocks move across the desert by themselves
The specific rocks are known as “Sailing Stones”
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Nintendo was founded in 1889
Before the zipper was invented!
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Jimmy Carter once left nuclear codes in his jacket
Which he had sent to the cleaners!
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There are only 25 blimps left on Earth
Making them very rare indeed!
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The human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
Fight Club wasn’t entirely wrong.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
Invented by Levi Hutchins in 1787 — he only needed it to wake up for work.
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The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe
The “thorpe” part was added as a joke by Bell Labs engineers.
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The first email ever sent was “QWERTYUIOP”
Ray Tomlinson was just testing the system in 1971.
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You’re 13.8% more likely to die on your birthday
According to Swiss mortality data, birthdays carry a statistically higher risk.
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No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter “a” in its word form
You won’t see “a” until you hit one thousand.
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The shortest war in history lasted just 38 minutes
The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 ended almost as quickly as it began.
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The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime. 🌍🚶
That’s over 216 million steps.
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A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds
All that water vapor adds up—just spread out over miles
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Scotland has 421 words for “snow.”
Including “sneesl” (to start raining or snowing) and “skelf” (a large flake).
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The dot over the letter “i” is called a “tittle.”
It’s a real word—and it’s been around since the 14th century.
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The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died
Ed Headrick’s ashes were molded into memorial discs.
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There’s a town in Norway where it’s illegal to die.
Longyearbyen’s cemetery stopped accepting bodies due to permafrost preservation.
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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.
Up to 40 minutes, thanks to their slow metabolism.
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The Eiffel Tower can grow over 6 inches in summer.
Metal expands with heat—Paris gets taller when it’s hot.
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