Do you think that weird facts are just useless, unentertaining bits of information? Reading this article will inform you of the strangest facts, from fun to serious. They may not only make you seem intellectual, but may also make you the most popular in your group. So if you are interested, indulge and enlighten yourself in weird and useless information.
• The only animals that cannot jump are elephants.
• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
• Children grow faster in the springtime.
• To stop crying while peeling onions, chew gum first.
• Green was the original color of Coca-Cola.
• A goldfish will turn white when you keep it in a dark room.
• The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter in the English language.
• The continents’ names all end with the same letter with which they start.
• “Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
• Oysters can change from male to female and back again.
• The longest word in the English language is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”, which is a lung disease caused by breathing in volcanic particles.
• Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
• The world’s youngest recorded parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
• It’s impossible to have gray eyes.
• It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
• Karate actually originated in India.
• The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa is predicted to topple over between 2010 and 2020.
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
• Playing cards in India are round.
• The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
• A can of Diet Coke will float in water while a can of regular Coke sinks.
• A hard-boiled egg will spin; an uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.
• Beer foam will go down by licking your finger then sticking it in the beer.
• It takes approximately 142 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop.
• Rice is thrown at weddings as a symbol of fertility.
• Salt is one of the few spices that is all taste, and no smell.
• Vanilla is used to make chocolate.
• Temple students who read their campus newspaper are “just smarter.”
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