1. Our galaxy probably contains at least 2 billion planets like Earth.
2. A human adult is made up of around 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.
3. The Sign Language equivalent of tongue twisters are called finger fumblers.
4. Feeling like you’ve experienced an event before in real life is déjà vu – Feeling like you’ve experienced something in a dream is called déjà rêve.
5. Any month that begins on a Sunday has a Friday the 13th.
6. Hot water is more likely to break thicker glass than thinner glass.
7. Cold water weighs more than hot water.
8. Being in a green setting or merely looking at the color green can increase a person’s creativity.
9. Neptune’s moon, Triton, will one day be destroyed by the gravitational forces of the planet and the resulting debris will give Neptune a ring system similar to Saturn’s
10. The opposite of a kink (something that turns you on) is called a squick (something that sexually turns you off).
11. When you snap your finger, your finger moves at about 20 mph.
12. The dot on top of the letters i and j is called a tittle. The cross on top of a t is called a tattle.
13. Gut feelings are as real as they feel. They’re literally emotionally intuitive signals transmitted from your gut to your brain, via the vagus nerve.
14. Someone who exhibits qualities of both an introvert and an extrovert is called an ambivert.
15. Epicaricacy: deriving pleasure from the misfortune of others.
16. Marijuana and sex can help relieve headaches.
17. Lying children tend to be more successful as adults.
18. In 1704, Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world would end in 2060.
19. It’s impossible to say the letters B, M, or P without your lips touching.
20. An acronym is only something you pronounce as a real word (ex NASA). If you pronounce the letters, it’s an initialism (ex: ATM)
21. Lonely people tend to spend more time in their beds, even if they have trouble sleeping. Chronic loneliness can lead to insomnia, as well as the need to get into bed without feeling tired.
22. Multiple studies have confirmed that marijuana is safer than alcohol or tobacco.
23. Sleeping without a bra can improve your quality of sleep and aid in dealing with insomnia.
24. Doing math can be a physically painful experience for some people.
25. Stendhal Syndrome is a psychological disorder that causes people to ‘overdose’ on art they find beautiful, causing dizziness, confusion, and fainting.
26. Listening to soothing or sad music while in a traffic jam lowers blood pressure and stress, according to a study.
27. Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which a human is convinced they’re an ox.
28. Using a hammock can improve your sleep quality and help you fall asleep faster.
29. The capacity for emotions such as happiness, shyness, and fear are developed at birth, but how a child is nurtured shapes how these emotions are developed.
30. There’s a gravitational anomaly so large in the universe, it’s pulling galaxies towards it. It’s called The Great Attractor.
31. The word oxymoron comes from the Greek word oxýmōros which means sharp-dull.
32. Talking to yourself is good for your brain.
33. Self discipline better predicts success than IQ, according to research.
34. Consuming a chili pepper and marijuana can help soothe an upset stomach, according to researchers from the University of Connecticut.
35. To bring a date forward in time rather than postponing it is to prepone it.
36. The opposite of anonymous is onymous, which is typically used to describe something of which the authorship is known without doubt.
37. Having ‘good’ sex regularly can lower blood pressure as effectively as medication, according to researchers from Georgia State University.
38. The CDC in the U.S. and the NHS in England recommend using water heated to 140°F (60°C) to kill the bacteria lurking in dirty laundry
39. Phobophobia is the fear of phobias.
40. Watching too much porn online can kill your sex drive.
41. Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single or being forever alone.
42. Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) can be characterized by an overwhelming need for attention.
43. If the moon were bigger, Earth would become tidally locked with it, our days and our months would become the exact same thing.
44. The word ‘porn’ means ‘blessing’ in Thai.
45. Pineapples take 24 months to flower, then another six months to ripen.
46. The largest chocolate chip cookie ever made weighed over 40,000 pounds.
47. Mixing alcohol with diet soda will get you drunker than mixing it with regular soda.
48. Shorter men tend to be angrier and more violent than taller men, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control.
49. With enough massaging and sucking, anyone can produce milk from their nipples. (Including men, if they really want to)
50. The word ‘verb’ is a noun.
51. NASA once banned beans from space shuttles because the methane in astronaut farts could start fires.
52. The probability of you being born was about 1 in 400 trillion.
53. Vodka is more effective at reducing stress than red wine.
54. The feeling of being infatuated, often described as having a ‘crush’ on someone is actually called ‘limerence.’
55. Washing your hands in cold water is just as effective as washing your hands in hot water.
56. Our mouths produce more saliva before we vomit to protect our teeth from erosion. The acidity in vomit is enough to wear them down.
57. Most children know at least one swear word by the age of 2.
58. Pee can be used to soften hands and feet.
59. The word ‘typewriter’ can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard.
60. Trimethylaminuria is the condition where people suffer from body odor that smells like rotting fish.
61. 4 in 10 men have experienced inexplicable sadness after sex, according to researchers from the Queensland University of Technology.
62. The Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, was actually built by Samsung
63. The term ‘singlewoman’ was medieval slang for a prostitute.
64. The average office employee spends about 1,700 hours a year staring at a computer screen.
65. The average woman packs 26 items in her suitcase that she’ll never need.
66. Sex literally makes women pretty. Estrogen levels in the body double, making hair shinier and skin softer.
67. The phrase ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it too’ was originally ‘you can’t eat your cake and have it too.’ Conveying the message in a way that makes more sense because once you eat a cake, you won’t have it anymore.
68. The myth that eating carrots can help you see in the dark was invented by the British Airforce during WWII. They were trying to explain how British air raids were so successful without telling the Germans about the existence of radar.
69. The average vagina is 3 to 4 inches long but can expand by 200 percent when aroused.
70. Left-handed people are often omitted from studies about how the brain works because their brains are wired differently.
71. Handguns were banned in the UK in response to a school shooting that took place in 1996.
72. Economists estimate that only about 8% of the world’s currency exists as physical cash, the rest is electronic.
73. There are four types of creativity: deliberate cognitive, deliberate emotional, spontaneous cognitive, and spontaneous emotional.
74. The English language has about 3,000 words to describe the state of being drunk. One of which is ramsquaddled.
75. The world’s tallest, largest and oldest trees are all located in California.
76. If you buy or sell ‘holy water,’ it’s no longer considered holy.
77. The ten oldest people to ever live were all women.
78. Exploding Head Syndrome occurs when a person is awakened by a loud, sharp, imaginary noise originating near or in the person’s skull.
79. Before completing a to-do list, napping will help you achieve your goals.
80. Women tend to be more attracted to men who love animals.
81. A Buttload is an actual measurement of volume, equal to 126 gallons.
82. The name jaguar comes from the Native American word yaguar, which means he who kills with one leap.
83. The hedgehog’s dilemma is a term used to describe that feeling when you love getting attention and hate it at the same time.
84. Bumpsy is 17th century slang for drunk.
85. While they may be different colors, all Froot Loops have the same flavor.
86. The technical term for ‘brain freeze’ is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
87. The way your memory works is similar to a game of telephone. Every time you recall an event, your brain distorts it a little.
88. A boulevard is a big, wide street with trees on both sides. A lane is a narrow, often rural road. A drive is long, winding, and scenic.
89. The at-sign,@, has been found on documents as far back as 1345, although it wasn’t always used the way we use it today.
90. Some German toilets are specially designed with a little shelf that allows you to inspect your poop before flushing it away.
91. As many as 60% of people who lose their eyes have phantom eye syndrome, claiming they can see colors and figures in their missing eye.
92. When we sleep in a new environment, our brains enter survival-mode; with only one hemisphere resting at a time, according to scientists from Brown University. This is why we often wake up feeling groggy and may even be awakened by the slightest noise at night.
93. The word mortgage comes from an Old French term that literally means death pledge.
94. Physically attacking an avocado tree (without damaging it) can shock it into producing fruit.
95. The Bible is the most stolen book in the world.
96. In the 1930s, women were given advice on the proper way to undress for their husbands.
97. Some rainbows only have one color. They’re called monochrome rainbows.
98. If a male pees on a pregnancy test and the results are positive, it could be an indicator of cancer.
99. The average English-speaker has about 50,000 words in their minds to choose from and can find the right one in about 600 milliseconds.
100. It takes longer for Venus to rotate on its axis than it does to complete a revolution around the sun. So, if you were born on Venus, you’d turn 1 year old before you were 1 day old.
101. The saying Great minds think alike is actually a shortened version of a longer quote. Great minds think alike, small minds rarely differ.
102. If you smell a gas leak, you shouldn’t turn lights on or off as the switch creates a spark.
103. Being a fan of heavy metal music can be beneficial to your mental health, according to a study from the University of Australia.
104. In complete darkness, we see a specific color called Eigengrau, which is a shade of dark gray.
105. People with depression use absolutist words, such as always, nothing or completely, more often than others.
106. If you’re going to work perpetually sleep-deprived, you’re basically functioning drunk.
107. Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than vegetables.
108. Mexico’s official name is the United Mexican States.
109. People tend sneeze in threes because one loosens up an irritant, the second gets it to the front of the nose, and the third gets it out.
110. All galaxies, regardless of how large or small they are, rotate once every billion years.
111. People tend to put more value behind things they build on their own. This is known as the IKEA effect.
112. The country of Iceland has more writers, published books, and more readers per capita than anywhere else in the world.
113. A person who sustains damage to the right hemisphere of the brain can develop a joke addiction, and experience a compulsive need to make jokes.
114. About 100 members of China’s parliament are billionaires.
115. The Guinness Book of World Records holds the record for being the most stolen book from public libraries.
116. Music has the power to help severely brain-injured patients recall lost memories.
117. Potatoes were used as weapons in a battle during World War II.
118. In 2018, the world’s most expensive bottle of vodka (worth $1.3 million USD) was stolen and found empty on a construction site.
119. Adam is just the Hebrew word for man.
120. Coca-Cola hasn’t patented their secret formula because it would be revealed to the public and, subsequently, available for anyone to recreate after 20 years.
121. A fulgurite is a type of mineral formation that only occurs in nature when lightning strikes sandy soil.
122. Listening to music and playing instruments stimulate your brain enough to reduce your risk of developing mental disorders
123. The earliest recorded same-sex wedding ceremony took place in 65 A.D.
124. If you lose your thumb, surgeons can replace it with your big toe.
125. Honey is more effective at suppressing coughs than many over the counter cough medications.
126. The necrobiome is the community of bacteria that live on a dead body, and it can help to determine a person’s time of death.
127. Mathematically speaking, the Jail square in Monopoly is the most-visited square on the board, while Park Place is the least-visited.
128. Roughly 1 in every 160 New Zealanders were involved in the making of The Lord of the Rings.
129. If consumed in its entirety, the average human body would yield 125,822 calories.
130. Closing your bedroom door before going to sleep at night increases your chances of surviving a house fire.
131. Highly intelligent people are more likely to be messy, stay up late, and curse more often.
132. Japanese inmates on death row don’t know when they’re going to be executed until a few hours before it’s supposed to happen. Until then, they spend each day questioning whether or not it’ll be their last.
133. In 2012, a woman who donated a kidney to her boss was fired after she took too long to recover.
134. Malaria was once used to treat syphilis. People with syphilis would be injected with malaria infected blood, causing an extremely high fever that would subsequently kill the disease. The treatment was used until the discovery of penicillin.
135. Alumni doesn’t refer to people who specifically graduated from a school; it just refers to people who previously attended.
136. Earth was covered with giant mushrooms before trees overtook the land.
137. An acceptable plural form of vagina is vaginae.
138. When gum loses its flavor, some of the volatile flavor compounds dissolve and get swallowed, and the rest are smelled away through the nose.
139. The Vatican has a church run observatory and telescope dedicated to astronomical research.
140. The recipe for candy corn has not been changed since the 1880s.
141. Regardless of climate, tree leaves try to maintain an internal temperature of 70° F, which is the perfect temperature for photosynthesis.
142. Compared to typical condom use, the typical use of the pullout method is only slightly more likely than condoms to result in pregnancy.
143. Our favorite songs likely become our favorites because we associate them with emotional events, according to a small-scale study.
144. There are no muscles in your fingers. All the work is done by the muscles in your palms and forearms.
145. The world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish teacher who shouted the word quiet at 121 decibels. The equivalent of a jet engine.
146. The feeling that your phone is ringing or vibrating in your pocket when it isn’t is called Phantom Vibration Syndrome. 89% of study participants experienced these phantom vibrations at least once every two weeks.
147. One of the most significant differences between a ship and a boat is: A ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship.
148. The planet Venus rotates so slowly, you’d be able to watch the sunset forever just by walking towards it.
149. The sentence ‘I never said he stole my money’ can have seven different meanings depending on which word is stressed when speaking it aloud.
150. The Greek language has 4 words for love. Agape. charitable love, Eros. sexual love, Philia. love between friends, and Storge. family love.
151. Tunnels are one of the safest places to be during earthquakes. They move with the soil, while above-ground structures sway back and forth.
152. 26% of the world’s current population was born after 2003.
153. A chicken sexer is a person who looks inside the anus of baby birds to determine their sex.
154. Yawning and stretching at the same time is called pandiculating.
155. Firefighters use wetting agents to make water more wet. The chemicals added reduce the surface tension of regular water, making it easier to spread and soak into various objects.
156. Leprosy doesn’t damage your body parts or cause them to fall off. However, the disease does damage a person’s ability to feel pain, increasing accidents and risk of infection.
157. In God We Trust first appeared on U.S. money in 1864, in part, to declare that God was on the side of the North during the Civil War.
158. More cases of skin cancer have been linked to indoor tanning, than cases of lung cancer have been linked to smoking.
159. The Milky Way Galaxy is located in the largest empty void in the observable universe.
160. All airplanes have a red light on their left wing and a green light on their right wing, to indicate their direction of travel to other planes.
161. The act of throwing someone out of a window is called defenestration.
162. Productive arguments are one of the most significant factors that distinguish couples who stay together from those who split, according to psychologists.
163. People who are overly jealous in relationships may have Othello’s syndrome. A primarily neurological disorder, not a psychiatric one.
164. If the Earth were scaled down to the size of a golf ball, our sun would be more than 28 feet across.
165. Smashing candy with a hammer will cause it to produce light. The process is called triboluminescence.
166. Smoking can lead to erectile dysfunction and even cause a man’s penis to shrink, according to urologists.
167. Our appetites are heavily sensory-dependent. This is why we’re often able to make room for dessert, even though we may have eaten a lot and felt full right before.
168. The idea for YouTube came to its founders after they had trouble finding a video of Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson’s nipple during her 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance.
169. MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, offers nearly all of its course materials online. Anyone can access them online for free.
170. Some people can create goosebumps at will. This is called voluntary piloerection.
171. NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe.
172. About 30 million comments, 7 million photos, and 453 years of video footage are posted on social media every hour.
173. A man named Roberto Cabrera has the world’s largest penis on record (18.9 inches) and he says its ruined his life.
174. Old people smell is a real thing. It’s caused by a molecule called 2-nonenal, which is secreted by aging skin.
175. Trees talk and share resources underground using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some trees use the system to support their ‘children’ while others hijack it to sabotage their rivals.
176. A bathroom hand dryer sucks fecal bacteria out of the air, then sprays it directly onto your hand.
177. Being forgetful can actually be a sign of an efficient brain. If your brain thinks a specific piece of information is unimportant (like a new person’s name), it’s more likely to throw it out.
178. Italy once fined Apple and Samsung €10m and €3m, respectively, after they released software updates that purposely slowed their phones down to encourage new purchases.
179. Humans are bioluminescent and glow in the dark. However, the light is too weak for human eyes to see.
180. The study of deliberate propagation of ignorance is called agnotology.
181. Vatican City has the highest crime rate in the world, per capita.
182. A hobo is a person who travels and finds work. A tramp is someone who travels but mostly does not work. A bum is someone who neither travels nor works.
183. The Russian language has a proverb similar to Necessity is the mother of invention. It literally translates to poor people are crafty.
184. Fatal familial insomnia is a rare kind of insomnia where a person no longer falls asleep, leading to insanity and death within 18 months.
185. Great sex can give you transient global amnesia. A condition that causes you to lose memories for a couple of hours; literally blowing your mind.
186. Australia is the only continent in the world with more venomous snakes than non-venomous ones.
187. We tend to remember the penises we’ve seen in the past as being larger than they actually were.
188. Police officers in the U.S. began wearing blue due to the surplus of blue uniforms after the Civil War.
189. A German word for birth control is Antibabypille.
190. A disorder called Koro Syndrome causes humans to irrationally believe their genitals are shrinking. This condition is mostly found in China, Japan and India.
191. It’s impossible to overdose on marijuana because cannabinoid receptors, unlike opioid receptors, aren’t located in the brainstem areas controlling respiration.
192. The earliest person whose name we’re aware of was a Mesopotamian called Kushim who lived over 5,000 years ago.
193. Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz, is technically a proper sentence and uses every letter of the alphabet.
194. Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut are all owned by the same company.
195. Caffeine tricks your brain into thinking exercise is easier than it really is and will enhance anyone’s workout performance.
196. According to a new study, fewer people are using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, and more people are using them to boost their social image.
197. A rainbow that appears at night is called a moonbow.
198. Humans have more neurons in their guts than cats have in their heads
199. When translated into modern English from its French and Old English origins, the word mortgage translates to death pledge.
200. Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same kind of storm. The only difference is the location where the storm occurs.
201. Building the International Space Station cost more than $160 billion; making it the single most expensive item ever created.
202. People who were not born blind, but later lost their eyesight are still able to see in their dreams. However, people who were born blind cannot.
203. The average human sheds about 8 pounds of dead skin every year.
204. Since odd numbers are harder for our brains to process, some people actually experience feelings of discomfort when the volume of the television, among other things, is set to an odd number.
205. The moon experiences moon-quakes and they cause the moon to ring like a bell.
206. Some rainbows only have one color. They’re called “monochrome rainbows.
207. More than 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide every day.
208. A government ruled exclusively by women is called a gynarchy.
209. Queen Elizabeth II has the power to fire everyone in Australia’s and Canada’s parliament. (Which she did in Australia after they had a government shutdown).
210. Drachenfutter. (German) The gift a man gives his wife after he’s pissed her off.
211. Only one third of adults worldwide can digest milk without intolerance.
212. The Great Pyramids of Egypt were originally smooth and white as they were covered in limestone.
213. Not having enough sex can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and fear.
214. Eating celery burns more calories than it contains.
215. There is no physical center of the universe.
216. The common experience of arriving somewhere only to realize you’ve forgotten what you went there to do is called the doorway effect.
217. 83% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people hide aspects of their sexual orientation at work.
218. Piquerism is the tendency to become sexually aroused from penetrating another person’s body with sharp objects.
219. Babies start dancing to music at 6-7 months of age.
220. The word envy refers to coveting what you don’t have while jealousy refers to keeping what you do have. While they’re commonly thought of as synonyms, there is a difference.
221. The closer a rocket is to the equator, the less energy it takes to launch the object into space.
222. The faster you eat, the more weight you’re likely to gain.
223. Outer space is only an hour away, if you could drive your car straight into the sky at 60 MPH.
224. 4 is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.
225. It would take a snail nearly 4,575 years to circle Earth.
226. Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, according to researchers.
227. If you place an egg in cold water and it floats, don’t eat it; it’s spoiled. Fresh eggs sink while rotten eggs float.
228. Some hospitals keep a supply of beer for alcoholics in case they go through withdrawal, which can be fatal.
229. If you keep travelling North, you’ll eventually go South. If you keep travelling East, you’ll never go West.
230. If the Earth were to stop spinning, it would feel like being in a car moving at 1000 miles per hour before coming to a dead stop, we would die instantly.
231. Orthosomnia is a condition in which someone becomes so obsessed with getting a good night’s sleep, they actually lose sleep over it.
232. NASA’s internet connection can reach speeds of up to 91 gigabits per second. About 13,000 times faster than the average internet connection.
233. The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands.
234. Having a shorter first name is correlated with earning a higher salary.
235. If you try to hold a sneeze, you can injure your diaphragm, bruise your eye, rupture an eardrum, or even burst a blood vessel in your brain.
236. It’s possible to faint or die from pooping too hard. It’s a rare condition called defecation syncope.
237. Avocados are berries.
238. Wall Street was named after a 12-foot wall that was built by the 17th century citizens of New Amsterdam to discourage pirate attacks.
239. Barack Obama was the first sitting president to publish an academic paper in a scientific journal. It was the most popular scientific journal article of 2016.
240. Mankind put a man on the moon before putting wheels on luggage.
241. People who remain calm when being criticized are more likely to have high self-esteem. People who become aggressive and lash out when receiving criticism are more likely to be insecure narcissists.
242. Water only accounts for 0.05% of Earth’s total mass.
243. The process of making a baseball bat is called boning.
244. Napping improves your stamina, boosts your creativity, reduces your stress, increases your sex life and much more.
245. A team of engineers has invented a pair of glasses that can change focus depending on what the wearer is looking at.
246. Tickling was used as a form of torture in ancient Rome. A victim’s feet would be covered in salt water, then a goat would start licking them until it became painful.
247. The uppermost piece of an Egyptian pyramid is actually called a pyramidion.
248. Mosquitoes can smell your blood type. Type O is their favorite.
249. Barcode scanners read the white spaces between the black lines; not the black lines themselves.
250. Popcorn kernels that don’t pop are referred to as old maids in the industry. They don’t have enough moisture to create the steam needed for them to explode.
251. Selfie sticks are banned in all Disney theme parks.
252. Those who cheat on tests do so because of hormones extra testosterone gives the courage to cheat, while extra cortisol gives the motivation.
253. NASA has no official protocol for what to do with an astronaut’s body if one were to die in space.
254. Fart is one of the oldest words in the English language.
255. More than 99% of the gas in your farts is actually odorless.
256. Consecotaleophobia is the fear of chopsticks.
257. That feeling you get when you can’t seem to finish taking a poop is called rectal tenesmus.
258. Ignorant people are more likely to believe they are brilliant, while intelligent people are more likely to underestimate themselves.
259. Your immune system destroys at least one cell every day that would have become cancer if it lived.
260. A cup of coffee hydrates the body as effectively as a cup of water.
261. A gaming computer can warm a room as efficiently as a space heater because they tend to get so hot.
262. In the U.S., having rich parents plays a more significant role in success than a person’s actual intelligence.
263. November 28, 2012 was the most peaceful day New York City ever had not a single violent crime was reported.
264. Cutting a hole out of the bottom of your trash can will allow air to escape, easing the suction and making it easier to yank a full bag out.
265. President Lincoln often suffered from depression and reportedly, was uncomfortable with knives.
266. It takes about 400 cacao beans to make a single pound of chocolate.
267. Crying when upset is beneficial for your health. Emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones as well as mood-regulating manganese.
268. Limiting your social media use to just 30 minutes a day can decrease feelings of loneliness and depression.
269. Some theorists argue that we laugh when scared because horror and humor have their roots in the same phenomena: incongruity & transgression.
270. The smaller the star, the longer it lives and the dimmer it tends to be.
271. The opposite of ambidextrous is ambilevous, which describes someone who is equally clumsy using either hand.
272. Women who work out too much can have reduced fertility, according to a study.
273. 17th century Icelanders believed you would receive endless wealth if you wore the leg skin of a man and put a widow’s coin in the scrotum.
274. Listening to music while working can improve your mood and make you more productive.
275. Farting can lower your blood pressure and be beneficial for your health.
276. Watermelons used to have a sour, bitter flavor until centuries of selective breeding made them sweet and tasty.
277. Cocoa and cacao are the exact same thing.
278. Having a fear of the unknown is the driving force behind many anxiety disorders.
279. The average white, fluffy cloud weighs roughly 1.1 million pounds.
280. In about 4 billion years, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are expected to collide.
281. Overthinking can hinder your ability to solve problems creatively and lead to depression.
282. Regardless of their neighborhood’s quality, teens who grow up around green spaces are less likely to be aggressive.
283. Kids who play an instrument or take music classes can develop better visual abilities and form a higher verbal IQ. They also tend to be happier at school in almost every area, even while participating in activities that aren’t music-related.
284. The Constitution of Mexico was the first document in history to say that every person has the right to an education.
285. Surveillance refers to the act of secretly watching someone from above. Sousveillance refers to the act of secretly recording someone on a person-to-person level.
286. George W. Bush was his high school’s head cheerleader.
287. Your mouth is dirtier than a toilet seat.
288. The can opener wasn’t invented until nearly 50 years after the invention of the can. People had to use a hammer and chisel to open them.
289. If a baby is born at 11:00 PM in California, while another baby is born at 2:00 AM in New York, they will have different birthdays. Even though they were born at the same time.
290. You can’t sneeze while you’re asleep.
291. An estimated 60 tons of cosmic dust falls on Earth every day.
292. Popeye has four nephews. Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and Pupeye.
293. The act of blowing out birthday candles on a cake increases bacteria by more than 1,400%.
294. The average person would have to eat about 200 apple seeds (about 40 apple cores) to receive a fatal dose of cyanide.
295. Due to their unique structure, your brain’s left and right hemispheres must work together to understand a pun.
296. Humans are the only mammals that develop permanently enlarged breasts.
297. One year on Mars is equivalent to 687 days on Earth.
298. Astronauts in space can’t tell when their bladder is full due to the lack of gravity, so they’re trained to relieve themselves every two hours.
299. The term scapegoat came from an old Jewish ritual in which all the sins of the townspeople would be put onto a goat, then the goat would be banished from the town.
300. In the UK, you get a signed birthday from the Queen on your 100th birthday.
301. The North Korean government accidentally hit one of their own cities during a failed missile test in 2017.
302. When a dog sees their owner, their brains emit a burst of the same chemicals we experience when we’re in love.
303. Using a warm air dryer after washing your hands, increases bacterial count on average by 250%.
304. The Jonah complex is the fear of success which prevents self-actualization.
305. Your anus is just as unique as your fingerprints. In the future, it can be used by toilets as a form of identification.
306. Car manufacturers employ sound engineers to make sure car doors produce a satisfying thunk when closed.
307. A groom’s best man was initially supposed to serve as an accomplice in case the bride needed to be kidnapped from disapproving parents.
308. In 2015, three inmates from Eastern New York Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison, beat Harvard’s debate team in a competitive debate.
309. In 1996, the cast and crew of the movie Titanic accidentally ate clam chowder that was spiked with PCP. Everyone was rushed to the hospital and the perpetrator was never found.
310. There are more combinations of pairs of moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
311. Nobel Prize winners not only get a prestigious award; they also get a check for nearly $1 million.
312. On a flat surface, a nickel has about a 1 in 6,000 chance of landing on its side.
313. Only half of your friends would actually consider you their friend, according to a study. People generally have a very poor perception of friendship ties.
314. Margaret Thatcher was not only the first female U.K. Prime Minister; she’s also the only Prime Minister to have received a science degree. She had a degree in chemistry.
315. The last living individual of a species or subspecies is called an endling. Once the endling dies, the species is considered extinct.
316. Male humans tend to produce more sperm and ejaculate during intercourse when there is a perceived rival competing with them.
317. Jaywalking isn’t illegal in the UK. You’re not required to use crosswalks, as long as you’re responsible enough to stop, look, and listen.
318. People who talk to their pets and name their cars also tend to be more intelligent, according to a study from the University of Chicago. This is called anthropomorphizing.
319. Alcohol doesn’t cause you to forget what happened. Your brain simply stops forming new memories when you’ve had too much to drink.
320. Identical triplets are exceedingly rare, occurring about 20 to 30 times per 1 million births, according to a study.
321. Tuberculosis killed 1.5 million people worldwide in 2014, making it a larger cause of death than AIDS.
322. Smoking marijuana just once as a teenager is enough to alter a person’s brain structure, according to researchers from the University of Vermont.
323. A 4-week-old fetus forms new neurons at a rate of 250,000 every minute.
324. The cool kids in high school are more likely to struggle with substance abuse, have social problems and engage in criminal activity as adults.
325. Hypersomnia is a condition where a person can sleep for 12 to 15 hours but still wake up feeling tired.
326. People who believe in ghosts may be more afraid of real world dangers than are people who don’t hold paranormal beliefs, a survey finds.
327. Babies remain calm twice as long when listening to a song as they do when listening to speech, according to a study.
328. Those who use antiperspirant have 50 times fewer bacteria in their armpits than those who only wash with soap.
329. Cremating a human body requires the same amount of energy as the monthly domestic demands of a single person.
330. We’re all moving through space at approximately 2.7 million miles per hour all the time.
331. The United States became debt free in 1835. It lasted a year and has never happened again.
332. King Tutankhamun’s mummified body contains the oldest known genetic proof of the existence of malaria.
333. The bodies of people who’ve died while climbing Mount Everest are often left and used as landmarks by other climbers. It’s estimated that over 200 bodies are on the mountain.
334. Telephone scatalogia is the sexual arousal from making obscene phone calls to total strangers.
335. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re underwater and can’t find the surface, blow some air bubbles, and watch where they go. They will always float to the surface.
336. It’s impossible for us to imagine colors we have never seen before.
337. LETHONOMIA, a tendency to forget names.
338. When helium is cooled to near absolute zero, it becomes a superfluid that flows against gravity and can climb walls.
339. Every nation in the world allows its residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines and the Vatican City.
340. Volkswagen’s best-selling product isn’t a car, it’s their currywurst pork sausages.
341. The smell of chocolate contains 600-plus volatile compounds, some of which it shares with cooked cabbage, raw beef fat and human sweat.
342. EPISTEMOPHILIA an obsessive preoccupation with acquiring knowledge.
343. Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago rank as the top three most stressful cities in the United States. In that order.
344. The earliest microscopes were known as flea glasses because they were mainly used to observe tiny insects.
345. The Chinese government controls the central heating of every house in Beijing.
346. Flushing toilets make up about a third of overall household water consumption.
347. Potato chip bags aren’t full of air; it’s nitrogen gas that prevents them from oxidizing and going stale.
348. Kleptocracy. A government run by corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) who use their power to increase their personal wealth.
349. A captcha is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.
350. Chlorine in water isn’t completely odorless. However, the stronger the pool smell is, the dirtier the water is.
351. It can take two to three years for a pineapple to grow.
352. The human eye is efficient enough to see a candle flame in darkness from 1.7 miles (2.76 km) away.
353. In zero gravity, a candle’s flame is round and blue.
354. The exact location of Hyperion, the world’s tallest known living tree, is kept secret for the tree’s protection.
355. PANTOPHOBIA is the fear of everything.
356. ALNASCHAR. A person given to unrealistic dreams, especially of wealth or success.
357. Giethoorn is a town in the Netherlands with no roads or cars. Everyone travels by foot, bike, or canal.
358. Time passes more quickly at the top of a mountain than it does at sea level.
359. The last letter to be added to the English alphabet was J.
360. Marijuana doubles a woman’s chances of having a more satisfying orgasm, according to a study published in the journal Sexual Medicine.
361. There are now more internet-connected devices than there are humans on Earth.
362. Norway allows any student from anywhere in the world to study at the Public Universities completely free of charge.
363. Crapulence. Sickness from eating or drinking too much.
364. Greece’s first national airline was named Icarus Airlines. It went bankrupt within months.
365. White chocolate doesn’t actually contain any chocolate in it.
366. Optimists tend to live longer than pessimists. They tend to get sick less often and recover more quickly, as well.
367. The term Viking wasn’t used in English until the 19th century. Until then they were had always been referred to as Danes or Norsemen.
368. Not getting enough sleep can change your metabolism, causing you to feel hungrier and less full after eating.
369. Jesus is a character in the DC comic universe. His list of abilities include, Carpentry.
370. The number 5 is pronounced ha in Thai so 555 is slang for hahaha.
371. Medical marijuana can force cancer cells to freeze and prevent them from spreading.
372. Astronauts can’t really cry in space because there’s no gravity to create a tear flow. The liquid just sticks to their eyes and begins to burn.
373. Hip, hip, hooray! used to be a Nazi war cry.
374. People with dyslexia are good at noticing abnormalities, a trait that suits many scientific careers.
375. Reading has been proven to reduce stress, increase empathy, and boost creativity.
376. Free weights at a gym can have 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.
377. Technically, there are not 24 hours in a day. There are 23 hours, 46 minutes, and 4 seconds in a day.
378. Eating releases endorphins and literally makes your brain happy.
379. Just one hour of exercise a week can prevent depression.
380. Anxiety and depressions medications are three times more likely to be effective if you believe they’re going to work.
381. The chills you get when listening to music are caused by your brain releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter that causes pleasure.
382. Dutch Police carry teddy bears with them while on the job in case they need to calm a scared child.
383. Avocados don’t ripen on trees. They have to be picked first.
384. Before the invention of penicillin, the cure for syphilis was malaria.
385. October 10th is World Mental Health Day.
386. One of Nebraska’s state slogans is Honestly, it’s not for everyone.
387. The children of identical twins are genetically the equivalent of siblings, not cousins.
388. Turkey has a province, a city and a river all called Batman.
389. On average, taller people tend to have larger brains and better cognitive ability than shorter people.
390. Before humans came to Iceland, there was only one land mammal inhabitant; the Arctic fox.
391. Ripe bananas glow blue under UV light.
392. Linguists have discovered that the word huh? is used to mean the same thing in almost every language.
393. Having sex burns the same amount of calories as doing the ironing.
394. Too much stress can suppress your immune system and cause you to get sick more easily.
395. There were actually seven Queen Cleopatras. Two of them ruled Egypt at the same time, as co-regents with Ptolemy VIII.
396. The average woman will kiss 15 men and be heartbroken twice before meeting the right one.
397. Exercising for just 10 minutes can improve your mood, reduce stress, and generally enhance your wellbeing.
398. A RACK MONSTER is a person who spends a great deal of time in bed.
399. Phagomania: A compulsive desire to eat.
400. Around 1 in 1000 babies are born with an extra finger or toe.
401. The D in D-Day stands for day.
402. In the 17th Century, rolling your eyes was a sign of lust.
403. September 26th is the most common day for babies to be born because so many people conceive over the Christmas holiday.
404. Taking magic mushrooms have been shown to help smokers quit.
405. Sand is the second-most widely used natural resource in the world, after freshwater.
406. People empathize less with you if they have already been in your situation before.
407. Extroverted people are more likely to overlook typos and grammatical errors that often cause introverted people to judge the person who made them negatively.
408. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on 12th February 1809.
409. The FBI estimates that there are 300 people pretending to be US Navy SEALs for every genuine one.
410. Mad Honey is a type of honey found in Nepal. It sells for $60-$80 a pound and has hallucinogenic effects.
411. Restaurants often avoid using dollar signs on their menus because they don’t want to remind you you’re spending money.
412. After a snowfall, you could say it snowed or it snew. Both are technically correct.
413. Getting stabbed by a pencil can leave a mark on your skin for decades because graphite particles are left in the dermis layer of the skin. The same layer of skin where tattoo ink is placed.
414. If you die in Amsterdam and have no friends or family to mourn you, a poet and a civil servant will come together to have a respectful and personal funeral for you.
415. US President Andrew Jackson chose the donkey as the symbol of the Democratic Party because his opponents kept calling him a jackass.
416. Encephalitis lethargica, also known as sleeping sickness, is a disease that causes people to lay motionless and speechless, but conscious and aware.
417. The word swims when spelled upside-down still reads as swims.
418. Coin flips aren’t actually fair. They have a 50.8% chance of landing the same way up as when they started.
419. People with more education are worse at driving.
420. When you lie, your nose shrinks.
421. There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
422. An estimated 5 to 10 percent of people have never had a headache.
423. The average adult human brain can store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of digital memory.
424. The US Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence are sealed each night in a custom-made vault built to withstand a nuclear bomb.
425. The Dark Crystal (1982) was the first live-action movie ever made without any human actors.
426. Convincing yourself you slept well can trick your brain into thinking it did, giving you more energy. It’s known as placebo sleep.
427. The first picture ever taken from space was taken from a Nazi rocket.
428. Playing video games can help train your brain to make faster real life decisions with equal accuracy.
429. A study found that men aren’t funnier than women, they just make more joke attempts than women do, not caring if they crash and burn.
430. Men with post orgasmic illness syndrome are allergic to their own semen.
431. Scientists often omit left-handed people from tests because their brains work differently.
432. Worldwide, when people laugh among friends, their laughs tend to sound more excited than when that laughter occurs between strangers.
433. Agricultural banana trees can walk 40cm during their lifetime.
434. French babies cry with a rising intonation, but German babies cry with a falling intonation.
435. Depression can be contagious. Our susceptibilty to depression increases when we spend a lot of time around depressed people.
436. Spending too much time on homework can lead to depression.
437. The microgravity of space can cause astronauts blood to run backwards.
438. Going to concerts and experiencing live music can be more beneficial to your mental health than yoga, according to researchers.
439. Sarcasm boosts creative thinking because, in order to understand it, we must overcome contradictions between the literal and intended meaning of sarcastic statements.
440. The hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms triggers brain activity similar to when someone is dreaming.
441. Getting drunk brings out something closer to our true personalities, according to researchers from the University of Missouri. Alcohol doesn’t cause us to change who we are. We just become less self-conscious and more extroverted.
442. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
443. Frequently brushing your teeth and overall good oral hygiene lowers your risk of heart failure.
444. The original PlayStation debuted on December 3rd, 1994.
445. Research suggests that people eat better when their football team wins but if their team loses, unhealthy eating increases.
446. When written out, every odd number has an e in it.
447. Telling someone they are free to refuse after making a request can double your chances of getting them to agree.
448. When drinking in France, ladies are served first, glasses are only ever filled halfway and it’s consider vulgar to pour your own drink.
449. A BIBLIOKLEPT is a book thief.
450. 82% of the biographies on English language Wikipedia are of men.
451. The Vikings enslaved so many Irish women that by the time they colonized Iceland, the settler’s genetics were about 50% Irish.
452. Some of your personality traits affect the way you smell.
453. Eating out of boredom is a habit we develop as a toddler and reinforce into adulthood.
454. The best way to deliver bad news is to get straight to the point, according to researchers at Brigham Young University.
455. Your siblings may have been more influential in shaping your personality growing up than your parents.
456. A ULTRACREPIDARIAN is a person who criticises, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise.
457. Roman feasts used to contain delicacies including stuffed dormouse, flamingo’s tongue and fish custard.
458. Parasites can get parasites that can get parasites.
459. MERRY-GO-SORRY (archaic), an experience that provides both joy and sorrow.
460. Following the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the UK power grid experienced a surge in demand equivalent to one million kettles being boiled.
461. The spots and colors you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
462. Until the 19th century, ketchup was often made from mushrooms, oysters or anchovies but never tomatoes.
463. Post-micturition convulsion syndrome is the technical term for that shiver you sometimes get after urinating.
464. iPhones bought in Japan and Korea cannot be muted when using the camera, to avoid people taking secret photos.
465. Right after landing on the moon, the crew of Apollo 11 was supposed to sleep for 5 hours. They didn’t because they figured the excitement would keep them up, so they began preparations early.
466. Psychopaths aren’t necessarily better liars than other people, they’re just so charming, you want to believe them.
467. The British royal family has an estimated net worth of $88 billion. Saudi Arabia’s royal family has an estimated net worth of $1.4 trillion.
468. The British Government paid off its debt from World War One in 2015.
469. Not only would it be possible to build an elevator that could transport humans to the moon, but it would also only cost about $1 billion, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge.
470. Each candle flame contains millions of tiny diamond particles.
471. Cacao, or the cocoa bean, was a favoured currency of the Mayans. So much so, that in the 16th century there was an official conversion rate of cocoa beans to Spanish coins.
472. One of the first signs that a blood transfusion has been done with the wrong blood type is the patient’s sense of impending doom.
473. Donner and Blitzen mean thunder and lightning in German.
474. Some people are unable to visualize places, objects, or people in their minds. Scientists call this inability as aphantasia.
475. Holding in farts can be bad for your health. Causing gas bloating, and possibly hemorrhoids or a distended bowel.
476. Singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his own father the day before his birthday. He used a gun Marvin gifted him.
477. The PlayStation is officially the best-selling home console brand, according to the Guinness World Records.
478. Marijuana can help make it easier for you to poop, according to a research published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
479. About 8 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. That’s roughly the weight of 90 aircraft carriers.
480. Women are more likely to be attracted to men whose feelings are a mystery rather than men who have clearly shown interest.
481. If your poop comes out in small nut-shaped nuggets, you probably need more fiber and water.
482. Just one 30 minute workout is enough to make you feel stronger and better about your body.
483. Doctors used to consider a desire for travel to be an illness, and labeled it dromomania or pathological tourism.
484. The Hulk (comic book character) was originally grey, but was changed to green because it was easier to print.
485. There is a range of mountains in Antarctica called the Executive Committee.
486. Air conditioning has some influence on sleep since a person’s sleep depth changes the moment cool air hits them.
487. In Phangane, India, there’s a school exclusively for grandmothers who weren’t educated as children because of their gender.
488. Neurologists say that each time you resist acting on your anger, you’re rewiring your brain to be calmer and more loving.
489. Living with a view of water (whether it be the ocean, or a lake) can make you calmer, happier and more creative.
490. People who stay up later at night are likely to be more intelligent than those who go to bed early.
491. Grand Theft Auto V cost $265 million to produce, making it the most expensive video game of all time. It brought in $1 billion just 72 hours after it was released, becoming the only entertainment product to make that much that quickly.
492. By weight, plants make up 82% of life on Earth.
493. Masturbating more often can help you last longer during sex with a partner.
494. With all of today’s technology, it is impossible to create a robot that understands sarcasm.
495. On average, cyclists go 70 seconds faster if they have shaved legs.
496. NoFap is an online community who support each other in their efforts to abstain from masturbating, they call themselves fapstronauts.
497. Gephyrophobia is the fear of bridges.
498. Psychopaths can only think of the possible positive consequences of their actions, not the negative ones.
499. Highly intelligent people are more likely to be messy, stay up late, and curse more often.
500. Marijuana can boost perceptual reasoning in teenagers, according to researchers. However, it also increases anxiety.
501. If the earth didn’t have a moon, our days would only be about 6 hours long.
502. Materialistic people are more likely to be unhappy in relationships.
503. People who play cards and board games are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life.
504. Globally, roughly one in every 12 airline passengers is British.
505. A FLIBBERTIGIBBET is a silly person who talks too much.
506. Consuming alcohol almost doubles the amount of THC your blood absorbs after smoking marijuana.
507. Same-sex pairing is common throughout the animal kingdom and has been witnessed in about 1,500 animal species. From insects to fish, birds, and mammals.
508. In 1482, a knight was burned at the stake for homosexuality. His name was Richard Puller.
509. For nearly 300 years, becoming the Pope was an almost certain death sentence. 28 of the first 31 consecutive popes were brutally murdered.
510. On average, air crew have a higher exposure to radiation than workers in nuclear power plants.
511. A buttload was a real unit of measurement. It was equivalent to 384 gallons.
512. Penis Captivus is when the vagina clamps down on the penis very firmly and the penis isn’t able to withdraw from the vagina.
513. The PlayStation 2 had such great popularity; Sony continued to make them until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.
514. Sternutation is a fancy word for the act of sneezing.
515. Up to 50 nuclear bombs are believed to have gone missing during the Cold War. Most of them are still lying somewhere on the ocean floor.
516. Men have taste receptors on their testicles.
517. The first CEO of Apple was named Michael Scott.
518. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is more than twice the size of Earth.
519. Your blood alcohol concentration typically peaks 30 to 60 minutes after your last drink.
520. No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant because its patent was burned in a fire.
521. Before the invention of the elevator, a building’s lowest floors were for the wealthy and the higher floors were for servants, used as storage, or for poor people.
522. Cough drops used to be made with heroin and morphine.
523. In parts of Europe it was traditional for a man who rejected a woman’s marriage proposal on February 29th to buy her 12 pairs of gloves in consolation.
524. A Callipygian is a person with a beautiful butt.
525. Holding grudges is not only bad for your mental health, but it also has a physical effect on your brain.
526. Dousing yourself with boiling water can lead to serious injury.
527. A galactagogue is a substance that promotes the production of milk in humans and other mammals.
528. There is no strong evidence that having sex, going for a walk or eating spicy food helps to induce labour in pregnant women. Nipple stimulation, however, has been shown to work.
529. The number of H2O molecules in 10 drops of water is equal to the number of all the stars in the observable universe.
530. You can always see your nose, but your brain mostly ignores it.
531. It costs less than a dollar’s worth of electricity to charge your phone all year.
532. Consumers associate heavier wine bottles with fancier wine, and will pay more for wine if the bottle feels heavier.
533. It’s possible to make a dead body orgasm.
534. People who love spicy foods tend to have more sex, according to American researchers.
535. Hairdressers and beauticians are more prone to workplace accidents than any other profession.
536. A moon can also have a moon. That’s called a Moonmoon.
537. Originally, Coca-Cola contained an estimated 9 milligrams of cocaine per glass.
538. The most common day to be born in the United States is September 9th.
539. The average person blinks 28,000 times a day.
540. Going to sleep after learning new information increases your ability to remember it. Sleeping slows down the rate of memory deterioration, the speed at which you forget things.
541. In Slovakia the idiom for heavy rain is tractors are falling.
542. Blue balls are for real. The discomfort is caused when more blood flows into the penis than out.
543. One of the best ways to treat anxiety is merely getting a full night’s rest, according to a recent study.
544. Greeks use a semicolon in place of a question mark.
545. People who habitually stay up late are, on average, more psychopathic than early risers.
546. Africa is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres. it is crossed by both the prime meridian and the equator.
547. When Virgin Air won $945,000 in a lawsuit, CEO Richard Branson gave it all to his employees.
548. Your head ages faster than your feet. Your feet are closer to the center of Earth’s gravitational field, where time moves slightly slower.
549. More than half of Tokyo’s schools require students with hair colours other than black to provide baby pictures as proof that it’s not dyed.
550. It’s estimated that only 30 species of plants now provide 95% of human food-energy needs.
551. Before Valentine’s Day existed, the ancient Romans celebrated Lupercalia, a holiday where men whipped women with bloody thongs in the streets. It was believed to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility.
552. While they are commonly referred to as bamboo trees, bamboo aren’t trees at all… they’re grass.
553. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is roughly 31.5 years.
554. Several astronauts, on at least three separate trips, have reported hearing unexplained knocking on their spacecrafts during missions.
555. The opposite of Déjà vu is called Jamais vu: When you know something has happened before, but it seems unfamiliar.
556. If everyone in the world washed their hands properly, an estimated 1 million lives would be saved every year, according to researchers in London.
557. Inside your belly button are thousands of bacteria that form an ecosystem similar in biodiversity to the world’s rainforests.
558. The difference between a gift and a present is that a gift is simply given, while a present must be presented.
559. Sunshine can act as a natural antidepressant.
560. OPSIMATH is a person who begins to learn or study late in life.
561. People who grow up in warmer climates tend to be friendlier than those who grow up in harsher climates.
562. You produce about seven pounds of poop a week.
563. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
564. Musicians only get 12 percent of the money the music industry makes, according to a report.
565. Caffeine can help boost your learning ability and memory.
566. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung, so it leaves room for your heart.
567. With over 250,000 deaths per year, medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States.
568. Ketchup was once used as medicine to cure diarrhea.
569. A food coma is technically known as postprandial somnolence. It’s caused by the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system and likely helps our bodies process large meals more efficiently.
570. Human hair and birds feathers both evolved from reptiles scales.
571. In France, it’s illegal for restaurants to offer unlimited free refills of sugary drinks.
572. Chewing gum makes you fart more.
573. The paper used to make money in the United States isn’t really paper. It’s 75% cotton and 25% linen, this is why money doesn’t disintegrate in the washing machine.
574. The wet noses of dogs and cats help them detect the direction of the wind.
575. We tend to be more attracted to people who have a similar taste in music.
576. Drinking coffee can decrease your risk of experiencing tooth decay.
577. Ducks were named after the verb duck because of the way they duck their heads underwater while feeding.
578. Listening to Coldplay can make you a safer driver.
579. The average British adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.
580. The country with the smallest prison population is San Marino, a tiny state on the Italian peninsula It has just one jail with six cells.
581. Scandinavian folklore teaches that nothing bad can happen to a person who’s laughing.
582. None of the terms Best if used by/before, freeze by or sell by indicates when food becomes unsafe to eat. It’s only time to throw food away when it’s undergone a noticeable change.
583. Due to its low center of gravity, you can make a broom stand upright on any day of the year. Not just on a Monday.
584. North Korea has a literacy rate of 100%, according to North Korea.
585. When you thoroughly shuffle a deck of 52 playing cards, you will almost certainly create an arrangement the universe has never seen before. Because there are 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 ways to shuffle the deck.
586. Vegetarians have more acidic poo than omnivores.
587. The safest place to sit on an airplane to avoid getting sick is a window seat. Aisle seats are the worst places to sit.
588. Humans are 99.9% genetically identical to every other person. So, we’re only .1% unique.
589. That scent that lingers after a nice rain is called petrichor.
590. Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
591. Since its discovery 89 years ago, Pluto has yet to complete a single orbit around the sun. It will finish its first full orbit on Monday, March 23, 2178 (one Plutonian year is equal to 247.68 Earth years).
592. In 2007, a man named Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV with a bone marrow transplant from someone with HIV-resistant genes. Also known as the Berlin patient, he was the first person ever cured of HIV.
593. In France, it’s illegal to publish photographs of handcuffed suspects until they’ve been convicted. Doing so before a conviction is a threat to personal dignity, as they would appear to be guilty anyway.
594. Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order.
595. The shortest Oscar speech ever given was by 16-year-old Patty Duke in 1962. She said thank you and walked off stage.
596. On average, Mercury is the closest planet to every other planet in our solar system.
597. Of the 7,011 languages currently spoken, 2,895 (41%) are now endangered, with less than 1,000 speakers remaining.
598. Misomaniac: A person who hates everyone and everything.
599. The largest flower in the world smells like rotting meat.
600. RUTH. A compassion for the misery of another, the opposite of ruthless.
601. Doing an exercise of any kind, no matter how intense, is enough to boost your mood and decrease feelings of cabin fever.
602. A Google employee is named a Googler while a new team member is called a Noogler.
603. Wearing two condoms actually raises the chances of breakage due to friction.
604. Getting less than 7 hours of sleep each night can reduce your life expectancy.
605. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.
606. It can take up to 20 minutes for your brain to realize that your stomach is full.
607. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
608. 55% of people have three bones and two joints in their little toe. 45% of people have only two bones and one joint.
609. Sweet potatoes are ranked as the most nutritious of all vegetables.
610. Math anxiety is a psychological disorder which causes stress and anxiety when doing math problems.
611. Human saliva contains a natural painkiller called opiorphin that’s six times more powerful than morphine.
612. Semen contains antidepressant compounds and can have a mood-elevating effect.
613. The average person spends about 30% of their waking hours daydreaming.
614. To prevent eye strain, you should look away from your computer every 20 minutes and gaze at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds; this is referred to as the 20-20-20 rule.
615. Apatheism is not caring whether or not a God exists.
616. To earn a billion dollars in one year, you’d have to make the equivalent of $31.70 every second – $2,739,726 a day.
617. People appear more attractive when speaking about subjects they’re passionate about.
618. Sitting for more than six hours a day makes you up to 40% likelier to die within 15 years than someone who sits for less than three hours a day (even if you exercise).
619. The internet is literally making our brains lazy.
620. Adermatoglyphia is an extremely rare genetic disorder that causes a person to have no fingerprints.
621. You can’t say the letters B, M or P without your lips touching.
622. Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf.
623. 2,520 is the smallest number that can be evenly divided by all integers from 1 to 10.
624. Masturbating improves the fitness of a man’s sperm by getting rid of old sperm, as younger sperm have a higher likelihood of insemination.
625. A sophomaniac is a person who’s under the delusion that they are extremely intelligent.
626. Pope Francis has a Master’s Degree in Chemistry.
627. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust isn’t from The Bible.
628. Steatopygic is the state of having a fat or large butt.
629. In ancient Rome, people wore penis amulets to ward off the evil eye.
630. Leaving your fridge door open will heat up the room.
631. Nosophobia is the fear of contracting a disease.
632. The G in G-Spot stands for Gräfenberg, a german gynecologist who studied female sexual physiology.
633. The word crisp begins at the back of your mouth and ends at the front.
634. The sun is white when viewed from space, it only appears yellow to us due to the Earth’s atmosphere.
635. The smarter someone is the quicker they become.
636. Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of defeat.
637. Dieffenbachia, also known as the mother-in-law plant, can cause temporary inability to speak.
638. The world’s longest sausage measured 39 miles long.
639. When we lock eyes with another person, our brains realize we’re dealing with the mind of another person who is currently looking at us. Making us more conscious of their perspective and, in turn, making us more self-conscious.
640. A truel is a duel between three people.
641. Timid babies are more likely to have an introverted and reserved personality as adults.
642. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
643. During sex, men tend to get distracted by worries about performance, women tend to be distracted by concerns about appearance.
644. Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley once dissected a dolphin on the table of the Grecian coffee house in London.
645. A depressed 14-year-old from Manchester used several fake online accounts to convince his best friend to murder him. After surviving the attempt, he became the first person in UK history to be charged with inciting their own murder.
646. You will experience your billionth second of life when you are 31-years-old.
647. VALETUDINARIAN. is a person who is unduly anxious about their health.
648. Pygmalion effect ensures that we live up to high expectations set by others.
649. Al Qaeda and other terrorists have a handbook on why brutal killings are necessary. The handbook is called Management of Savagery.
650. The brain gives less importance to long-term tasks.
651. The moon experiences moon-quakes and they cause the moon to ring like a bell.
652. Disney owns 80% of ESPN.
653. During the 1830s, ketchup was sold as medicine.
654. Hitler was born on 4/20, weed day.
655. If you were to lay all the viruses in the world end-to-end, they would stretch over 100 million light-years.
656. Electric cars were invented in the 1890s.
657. Sex can literally make women prettier. Estrogen levels in the body double, making hair shinier and skin softer.
658. Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to 2,000 gallons of gasoline.
659. One year on Uranus is equal to a little more than 84 years on Earth.
660. Gamophobia is the fear of relationships, marriage, or commitment.
661. While Isaac Newton attended Cambridge University, the school closed due to numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague. It was during this time he invented calculus. He was just 23 years old.
662. ABIBLIOPHOBIA is the fear of running out of reading material.
663. Blushing seems to be a social phenomenon, people don’t blush if they get embarrassed by themselves.
664. Texts with good morning and good night signal the part of the brain responsible for happiness.
665. Smelling your partner’s farts can be beneficial for your health, according to researchers at the University of Exeter.
666. Rectal tenesmus. The technical term for that feeling you get when you can’t seem to finish pooping completely.
667. The human body has taste receptors all over the place including in the respiratory system, bladder, colon, brain, liver, and testes.
668. Totopoca is the Aztec word for the sound of popcorn being popped.
669. An ordinary jar of peanut butter contains ten or more rodent hairs, averaging one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams.
670. If every adult in the UK sent one email fewer each day, it would save carbon emissions equivalent to 80,000 flights from London to Madrid, or taking 3,300 diesel cars off the road.
671. The second law of thermodynamics (heat cannot pass from a colder to a hotter body) is the only basic law of physics that distinguishes the past from the future.
672. All humans are susceptible to the illusion-of-truth effect, the more we hear something, the more likely we are to believe it’s true.
673. Pressing Command+Shift+T will reopen a tab you just closed in Chrome.
674. Gratitude is beneficial for your mental and physical health. Neuroscientists have found that regularly practicing gratitude can make your brain more generous, charitable, and altruistic.
675. Pluviophile: A lover of rain. Someone who finds peace of mind and joy during rainy days.
676. If microwaves had clear glass windows, we would be exposed to the emission of harmful microwaves. The metal mesh screens over the windows have holes large enough for us to see inside, but small enough to block the waves.
677. The average adult will spend 34 years of their life staring at screens, according to a British study.
678. A buccan is a wooden frame used to cook meat over a fire. Popular with early pirates in the Caribbean, it’s where we get the word buccaneer from.
679. Lesbians are more likely to have orgasms than straight or bisexual women.
680. The pain of loss is psychologically more influential than the joy of gain, according to the concept of loss aversion. For example, many people may say its better not to lose $5 than to find $5.
681. People between the age of 18 and 33 years old are statistically the most stressed age bracket.
682. The longest English word without a true vowel is rhythm.
683. The surface of Venus is so hot (462°C) that a cube of lead would melt there like a cube of ice melts on Earth.
684. Despite being excluded from the official death toll, an estimated 80,000 slaves died during the American Civil War, mostly from disease: almost as many as Confederate soldiers killed in action.
685. When you walk into a room and you forget why you walked in there in the first place is the phenomenon known as event boundary.
686. The word vagina comes from a Latin word that meant sheath for a sword.
687. 99% of the gas humans produce in farts does not smell. The potent rips are largely due to the 1% of compounds with sulfur in them, like hydrogen sulfide.
688. Bananas are curved because they grow against gravity. They grow towards the sun instead of the ground.
689. In most kidney transplants surgeons don’t remove any kidneys, they just add an extra one in.
690. Oxygen is required for combustion and hydrogen is a flammable gas, but together they make water. Which puts fire out.
691. PARALEIPSIS. Mentioning something by saying you won’t mention it.
692. Every time you learn a new fact, your brain changes. It’s called neuroplasticity.
693. Love and lust activate different parts of the brain. The area activated by lust is stimulated by things that are inherently pleasurable, like sex or food. The area activated by love is the result of conditioning, formed from sexual desire as that desire is rewarded.
694. Between 1873 and 1953, 85,000 British coal miners were killed at work. 8.7 deaths for every million tons.
695. If the history of the entire universe were compressed into one calendar year, humans would appear around 11:59 p.m. on December 31st. The dinosaurs would have been wiped out on December 30th.
696. The word dinner comes from the french word disner, which means breakfast.
697. Ph.D. students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than the general population, according to a study.
698. In the U.S. if you find dinosaur bones on your land, they’re yours.
699. The world’s oldest library is in St Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai. It was founded in 6th century and has been operating ever since.
700. The term Wi-Fi doesn’t actually stand for anything. It was made up to sound catchy.
701. A Precrastinator is a person who hurries to get everything done in advance to decrease their mental workload.
702. The word ‘pencil’ stems from a Latin word meaning little penis.
703. Verschlimmbesserung is a German word that describes an effort to make things better, which actually ends up making things worse.
704. It’s possible for humans to train themselves to use echolocation, like bats.
705. Wearing a cologne or perfume can make you feel more confident.
706. What you wear affects how you behave. This is called enclothed cognition.
707. A fruit is actually the ripened ovary of a flower.
708. California is the only U.S. state to have a chemical element named after it. Californium is a radioactive rare earth metal and a biological hazard.
709. On average, an arm and a leg are worth $323,099 in the U.S.
710. Odaxelagnia is the process of becoming aroused from biting.
711. The world record for the longest water ski jump is held by Freddy Krueger.
712. In 1984, a team of researchers ate some bison which had been frozen in the Arctic for approximately 36,000 years. They said it was delicious.
713. Tiger Woods stuttered as a child and used to talk to his dog until he fell asleep in an effort to get rid of it.
714. Eating cheese after a meal can protect your teeth. It counteracts the acid left behind by bread, sweets, citrus, and soda.
715. Uranus was the very first planet to be discovered with a telescope.
716. A German university is offering ‘idleness grants’ for people committed to doing nothing. Prospective applicants must answer the questions, What do you not want to do? and Why are you the right person not to do it?
717. Cacoëthes (noun). An irresistible urge to do something stupid.
718. Latchkey incontinence is the phenomenon where the closer you get to a bathroom, the more you need to go.
719. A woman with tithiolagnia could achieve arousal and orgasm from breastfeeding.
720. Your taste in music develops through experience, and is not something you’re born with, according to researchers.
721. The word for not having any teeth is edentulous.
722. Gerascophobia is the fear of growing old or aging.
723. True! Your nose isn’t the only part of your body with scent receptors. Your kidneys can smell, as well as your spine, your skin, and even sperm.
724. Not getting enough sleep can lead to social withdrawal and increased feelings of loneliness.
725. BRUXISM is the grinding of teeth. Rats do this when they’re happy.
726. ORTHOSOMNIA is a disorder in which you are so obsessed with getting the correct amount of sleep that you can’t sleep.
727. There are 6,852 Japanese islands, but only four of them make up 97% of the whole land area of Japan.
728. Gaslighting is a type of psychological abuse, where a person is presented with so much false information, they begin to doubt their own memory and perception. The abuser’s goal is to make the other person believe they’re crazy.
729. Himbo (noun•informal•1980s): An attractive but dumb man.
730. The first country where women outnumbered men in parliament was Rwanda.
731. You usually can’t smell your house or your own scent because of olfactory adaptation. The brain is always looking for new, strange, or changing smells as a sign of possible danger and ignores familiar scents.
732. Saudi Arabians are not allowed to name a child Sandi.
733. The Second World War ended in 1945.
734. The word for mobile phone in the Zulu language translates into English as screaming in your pocket.
735. The phrase cool as a cucumber is scientific. The inside temperature of a cucumber can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the air outside.
736. Scientists are trying to figure out why a star known as Methuselah appears to be older than the universe.
737. The current US flag was designed by a seventeen year old for a class project. He got a B- for the design.
738. The most number of passengers on an aeroplane stands at 1,088, which took place during the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa in 1991. The number includes two babies who were born mid-flight.
739. Familiar stranger is a term used by social psychologists to describe someone you see regularly, but with whom you do not interact. They’re more than complete strangers but are not acquaintances.
740. The word nice used to mean stupid in the early 1300s.
741. The average American will spend $30,000 on snacks in a lifetime, according to a study.
742. Languages that are spoken more quickly than English (like Spanish) contain less information per syllable than English. Almost all languages transmit the same amount of information per unit time.
743. Flibbertigibbet (noun). An unstable person who talks too much.
744. Veisalgia is the medical term for hangover.
745. It’s estimated that there are 100 trillion atoms in a single human cell.
746. Selenophobia is the fear of the moon.
747. About 1620 trillion raindrops fall during a typical storm.
748. A herb comes from the leaf of a plant, while spices come from any part of the plant BUT the leaves.
749. Euneirophrenia is that peaceful state of mind you sometimes experience after you’ve had a pleasant dream.
750. Parcopresis. The inability to poop when other people are around.
751. People with social anxiety are unusually empathetic.
752. Previews of upcoming films were originally shown after the main feature, hence the name trailers.
753. Natiform. Something that looks like a butt.
754. 90% of musicians report getting chills when listening to music.
755. Tsundoku (Japanese). The art of buying books and never reading them.
756. Scopophobia is the fear of being seen or stared at by others.
757. Phantosmia is when you smell something that isn’t there.
758. A person who hides their pain behind a smile is called an eccedentesiast.
759. Drinking ice water burns about one calorie an ounce.
760. Toothpicks are the objects most often choked on by Americans.
761. POCHEMUCHKA (Russian). A child who asks too many questions.
762. Constipation was the official cause of death for 2,167 Americans between 1999 and 2014.
763. DEIPNOPHOBIA. A fear of dinner parties.
764. Snollygoster. A politician whose actions are motivated by self interest rather than morals.
765. Unbepissed (adjective). Not having been urinated on.
766. Heliophobia is the fear of the sun or sunlight.
767. Women’s noses are more sensitive than men’s noses.
768. Strawberries belong to the same plant family as roses.
769. A device used to measure the volume of testicles is an ORCHIDOMETER.
770. Klazomaniac is a person who cannot speak without shouting.
771. Darkle is the opposite of sparkle.
772. Dementophobia is the fear of becoming insane.
773. The surname Gambino is an Italian family name likely derived from a nickname meaning short legs.
774. Jackstraw. A person of no substance.
775. Abbiocco (Italian). That sleepy feeling you get after a big meal.
776. A group of zebras is called a dazzle.
777. The surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, probably glows in the dark likely because of radiation from Jupiter.
778. The seeds on strawberries aren’t really seeds. They’re called achenes and they’re a type of dry fruit.
779. Rhinorrhea is the medical condition otherwise known as a runny nose.
780. A person who is FAMELICOSE is constantly hungry.
781. Ambisinister. A person who is equally clumsy with both hands.
782. Aibohphobia is the (unofficial) fear of palindromes, which are words that read the same front and back and, you guessed it, the word itself is a palindrome.
783. Slugabed (noun): A lazy person who stays in bed long past the usual time for waking up.
784. An AGELAST is a person that never laughs.
785. The average human eyelash lasts 150 days.
786. Redamancy. The act of loving the one who loves you. a love fully returned.
787. Morosoph (noun). An educated fool.
788. Atheophobia is the fear or hatred of atheists or atheism.
789. Phagomania (noun). The chronic urge to eat.
790. It’s easier to read text if it has two spaces after a period (rather than just one space).
791. Neanimorphic. Appearing younger than one’s actual age.
792. The word fetus is Latin for little one.
793. Ever wondered why your towels go stiff when you dry them on the line? According to research done in Japan, the water molecules on the towel cross link individual cotton fibres causing them to harden.
794. You can shape tomatoes into cubes as they grow.
795. When helium gas is cooled to –452˚F, it becomes a liquid that flows against gravity.
796. Scientists can, in fact, turn lead into gold with a particle accelerator.
797. Erotomania is a type of delusion where the affected person believes another individual, usually a celebrity, is in love with them.
798. A tiny bulldozer is called a CALFDOZER.
799. Akrasia (noun). The state of lacking self-control and acting against your better judgement.
800. Abydocomist (noun). A liar who boasts about their lies.
801. BLATHERSKITE is a person who talks at great length without making much sense.
802. Both green and black tea come from the same plant.
803. Chorophobia. The fear of dancing.
804. Earth, Mars, and Pluto are the only planets in our solar system to have polar ice caps.
805. Cryptomnesia. The phenomenon of thinking you invented a joke or idea, when in fact you heard it somewhere else before.
806. The silent S in island was added to make it look like it came from the Latin word insula, even though it actually came from the Old English word iglund.
807. AGATHEISM. The belief that things will eventually get better.
808. The word dinosaur comes from the Greek for terrible lizard.
809. There are ten times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand on Earth.
810. QUOMODOCUNQUINZING (17th century). Making money any way you can.
811. Mercury and Venus are the planets in our solar system without moons.
812. A TRILEMMA is a difficult choice with three possible options.
813. The bananas we eat today are very different from the ones the world had in the 1950s. The Gros Michel banana strain was entirely wiped out by the panama disease. Today, we consume Cavendish bananas.
814. Paper planes are older than planes, so they were originally known as paper darts.
815. Irusu (Japanese). Pretending not to be home when an unwanted guest knocks at the door.
816. Tour de France cyclists must eat the equivalent of 20-30 cheeseburgers a day to have enough energy to complete the 2,200 miles of riding.
817. Pickles are cucumbers.
818. Out of all the vegetables, asparagus loses its flavor the fastest especially after it has been cut.
819. Corn is a member of the grass family.
820. Watermelons are about 91% water.
821. BOONDOGGLE. A wasteful, unnecessary, or fraudulent project.
822. The full moon is about six times brighter than the half-moon.
823. Human brains are the largest of all known vertebrates relative to body size. From birth, the brain grows to three times its size in one year and reaches its full size by the age of 18.
824. A flashlight is called a ‘torch’ in most English speaking countries outside of North America.
825. Many printer cartridges are half-full when the printer tells you it’s empty.
826. By the end of his life, Hitler’s teeth were in such a bad state of repair he had to have a live-in dental assistant at his bunker.
827. SITUATIONSHIP. A sexual relationship that’s not considered formal or established.
828. The Jonah complex is the fear of success which prevents self-actualization.
829. The t-shirt was invented in 1904 and was sold to bachelors who could not sew or replace buttons.
830. Fear causes your body to produce more earwax.
831. Logophile (noun). A person who loves words.
832. The opposite of warmth is coolth.
833. Aesthete (noun). A person with a special appreciation for art and beauty.
834. According to the Bible, David was allowed to marry the King’s daughter if he returned with 100 foreskins of slain enemies He came back with 200.
835. 84% of any weight we lose is exhaled.
836. In the 19th century, doctors prescribed growing a beard as a way to ward off illness.
837. UNASINOUS. Sharing the same amount of stupidity, united in stupidity.
838. It’s possible to determine a person’s sex from their fingerprint Females secrete twice as many amino acids as males in a distinct pattern.
839. Tricenarian (noun). A person who is from 30 to 39 years old.
840. Anyone can walk into a Sikh temple after prayers and join in the free communal meal called Langar, regardless of their religion, race, age, or gender The meal, a symbol of equality and unity, is offered to anybody who wishes to partake, with no expectation of payment.
841. Cachinnator (noun). A person who laughs loudly and uncontrollably.
842. World Cup games cause stocks to decline, as traders stay up and watch and are tired the next day.
843. The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
844. Cynophile (noun). A person who loves dogs.
845. Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune have thunderstorms larger than planet Earth.
846. Smellfungus. Someone who can always find fault or something to criticize.
847. The dark side of the moon is actually turquoise.
848. Texas’s state motto is Friendship.
849. EPISTEMIC TRESPASSING. Judging matters outside one’s field of expertise.
850. Parcopresis. The inability to poop when other people are nearby.
851. Cult of Personality. A state in which a public figure (often a political leader) is deliberately portrayed to the people of a country as an exceptional person to be loved and admired as one inspired by Stalin to expand his power.
852. Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored.
853. The average 3-hour baseball game only has about 18 minutes of game action.
854. Celebrity Worship Syndrome. An obsessive-addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity’s life.
855. LOGANAMNOSIS is an obsession with remembering the specific word you’ve forgotten.
856. Textaphrenia is thinking a text message has arrived when it hasn’t. Textiety refers to the anxious feeling one gets from not receiving or sending text messages.
857. Hypergargalesthesia is the condition of extreme sensitivity to tickling.
858. Your sense of smell can be a better memory trigger than any of your other senses.
859. Brabble (verb). To argue about petty things.
860. The first electronic product Nintendo sold was a Love Tester which predicted how much two people fancied each other.
861. PEJORISM. The belief that the world is getting worse.
862. ARSLE. To move backwards.
863. If an atom were the size of our entire solar system, a neutrino would be the size of a golf ball.
864. Dasypygal (adjective). Having a hairy/rough butt.
865. The world’s smallest desert is in Canada’s Yukon Territory and measures 1 square mile.
866. People who spend extended hours working on a computer and watching TV are more likely to suffer from what doctors have started calling TATT (tired all the time syndrome).
867. Someone who is CONTRASUGGESTIBLE is likely to respond to any suggestion by doing the exact opposite.
868. The US tax code is 3.8 million words long, which is four times the length of Shakespeare’s full works.
869. 80% of learning is visual.
870. XENODOCHEIONOLOGY. The study of hotels.
871. TMESIS. Separating two parts of a word by popping another word in between, as in abso–bloody–lutely.
872. GYMNOLOGISE. To dispute or have an argument naked.
873. Disney Channel doesn’t accept outside advertisements It only airs commercials for its own shows and Disney products.
874. The words war and worse come from the same Germanic word meaning to confuse or mix up.
875. After opening a carton of ice cream, store it in your freezer upside-down to prevent ice crystals from forming at the top.
876. In 1982, Key West, Florida, attempted to secede from the United States.
877. The difference between Vegetables & Fruits. Anything that is a root, leaf, or stem of a plant is a vegetable, which is why corn, zucchini, green beans, and tomatoes are fruits.
878. Co founder of the Standard Oil Company, John Davison Rockefeller, was the world’s first billionaire.
879. If you need to get motivated, take a shower. Being clean is proven to increase your productivity.
880. In 1892 Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12 years old.
881. Pluto is smaller than the United States. If you were to walk around the equator of Pluto it would be the same distance as walking from London to Denver (well, give or take 56 miles).
882. Twerking is actually good exercise. It works the deep muscles of the hips, as well as the core muscles of the lower back and abs.
883. Sweet potato ranks number 1 in nutrition of all vegetables.
884. Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius).
885. There are 7 different kinds of twins: Identical, Fraternal, Half-Identical, Mirror Image, Mixed Chromosome, Superfecundation, Superfetation.
886. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
887. There are tiny hairs all over your body, except for the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.
888. Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don’t get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don’t have bones, but cartilage.
889. On average, football (soccer) players run as far as 9.5 miles in a single match.
890. Violin bows are commonly made from horse hair.
891. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil.
892. The Roman Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.
893. One in 20 people has an extra rib.
894. Lemon juice with a pinch of salt (warm) every morning lowers down your cholesterol levels and brings down your weight.
895. Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
896. Seat belts became mandatory on U.S. cars on March 1, 1968.
897. If you’re a man and you’re using your laptop and it feels hot, don’t put it on your lap. It can damage your testicles and cause reproductive problems.
898. Eat an orange before working out. Not only does it keep you hydrated, but it also prevents your muscles from getting sore.
899. Toilet paper was invented in China in the 6th century AD.
900. The problem with Secure investments is that they are often made so safe that the gains are minimum.
901. The English word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
902. The female egg is the largest cell in the human body.
903. Goldfish can’t close its eyes as they don’t have eyelids.
904. Ithyphallophobia is the morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
905. A study conducted by Harvard and Google conclude that the English language comprises of 1,022,000 words.
906. A single strand of Spaghetti is called a Spaghetto.
907. Drink a big glass of water prior to every meal. Our brains confuse thirst and hunger a lot of the time, which leads us to eat when we are not really hungry.
908. The scientific term for brain freeze is called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
909. In a human body, the small intestine is 21 feet and the large intestine is 6 feet long.
910. There is a woman who is able to smell Parkinson’s disease. In a study she was able to accurately identify 11/12 patients with Parkinson’s. And not a year later the last patient was also diagnosed, making her record 12/12.
911. Having trouble sleeping. Blink fast for a minute. Tired eyes help you to fall asleep.
912. Children lose an average of 90 hairs per day, which increases to 120 by old age.
913. Africa is a continent with maximum countries with a count of 54 countries.
914. Rubbing an eraser on a scratched LCD screen can sometimes remove the scratch.
915. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
916. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
917. Amazon was formerly known as Cadabra.
918. Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.
919. Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, the next being bone marrow.
920. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
921. The world seems quieter right after a snowfall because the blanket of fresh powder absorbs sound, making things seem calmer.
922. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
923. Liver is the only organ of the body, which regenerates itself completely even after being removed completely.
924. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire landmass of North and South America in one foot of liquid.
925. Alcohol is older than the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Roman Colosseum, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, and the Great Wall of China combined.
926. Marijuana was used to treat absent mindedness in Ancient China.
927. At least once a day your immune system destroys a cell that would have become cancer if it lived.
928. Humans start lying by the age of four.
929. A study found that two hours of silence per day prompts cell development in the hippocampus region of the brain, where memories are formed.
930. Epistemophobia is the fear of knowledge.
931. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt.
932. When you stand up quickly from a seating position and feel dizzy it’s known as Orthostatic Hypotension.
933. The term, Quirkyalone means someone who is single and does not feel the need to date for the sake of it.
934. A.M. stands for Ante Meridiem, which is Latin for Before Midday. P.M. stands for Post Meridiem, which is Latin for After Midday.
935. Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
936. If you cant send an Excel file because its too big, save it as .xlsb. This will shrink the size.
937. Wine is kept in tinted bottles because it will spoil if it’s exposed to light.
938. There is a psychological condition that causes people to have a compulsive desire to eat all the time, even when they are full called Phagomania.
939. Apart is one word, but implies separated. A part is two words, but implies together.
940. Studies have shown that eating food without preservatives can improve I.Q by up to 14 percent.
941. Don’t put your feet up on a car’s dashboard. Airbags go off like small bombs and it can easily break both of your legs.
942. One reason men cry less than women is because they have larger tear ducts, prohibiting their eyes from leaking easily.
943. You can ripen a sour mango by soaking it in warm water for 10 minutes.
944. The lump in your throat you feel when you’re upset is your body trying to suppress the instinct to increase oxygen flow.
945. The head of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy is called the First Sea Lord.
946. PSYCHOLOGY SAYS Over thinking is just a painful reminder that you care entirely too much, even when you shouldn’t.
947. Flammable and Inflammable mean the same thing.
948. Six pack abs indicate nothing about your strength, your flexibility, your stamina, your speed, or your overall level of health.
949. The two parts of the word helicopter are not heli and copter, but helico meaning spiral, and pter meaning one with wings.
950. A door that gives the wrong signal (pushing instead of pulling or vice versa) and needs a sign to correct it is called a Norman door.
951. Curiosity is fueled by what you already know. Studies have found that you’re more likely to be curious about things you know little of rather than something you know nothing about, or think you know a lot about.
952. A group of wombats is called a Wisdom.
953. New research shows that there is no such thing as a male or female brain, all human brains contain male like and female like features.
954. There are roughly 2 pints of water in every cubic foot of soil on Mars.
955. If you square 111,111,111 the answer will be 12345678987654321.
956. Frustration attraction means that the individual who was dumped will love and lust for the person who dumped them even more.
957. The chemical elements that make up your body are worth around US$160.
958. Alcohol can be absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the stomach lining.
959. Meditation can change the brain’s structure in just 8 weeks. It also increases grey matter in parts of the brain associated with learning.
960. If your sweat smells like ammonia, you probably need to add more carbohydrates to your diet and drink more water.
961. Taphophobia is the fear of being placed in a grave while still alive as a result of being inaccurately pronounced dead.
962. It’s healthiest to poop in the morning since your small intestine and colon process the food you ate the day before while you sleep.
963. If there’s a blockage in your intestine and feces can’t get out, you may start pooping from your mouth. This is called fecal vomiting.
964. The ocean is blue because it absorbs red wavelengths quickly, while blue wavelengths get scattered and re-emitted from the ocean.
965. In France, the word for plastic shopping bag can be cornet, nylon, poche, pochon, sac, or sachet, depending on where you are.
966. Asking a man his penis size may be a personal question, but chances are it’s around 5.57 inches when erect. According to a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, this is the average penis, although there are always exceptions to this rule.
967. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.
968. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock n roll, considering it a threat to quality music.
969. Onions and potatoes should not be stored together. Onions produce a gas that speeds up the germination of potatoes.
970. Papaya juice dissolves literally everything. It can erase fingerprints or remove any dirt.
971. 27,000 trees go into making toilet paper every day.
972. Iron can become gas, to do this, it must be heated to 50,000 degrees Celsius.
973. When lightning strikes a person, his body heats up to 28,000 degrees.
974. Pupula duplex is an extremely rare condition in which a person has two irises and two pupils in the same eye.
975. The first oranges were hybrids of tangerines and pomelo.
976. India grows almost half of the world’s mangoes, but the export is only 1 percent, the rest is eaten by the locals.
977. A theoretical calculation says that we could satisfy the world current demand for power by covering 1.2% of the Sahara Desert with solar panels.
978. The first sound recording device was invented over 160 years ago.
979. About 2% of women have a mutation of the eye. This allows them to see 100 million more colors than people with ordinary vision.
980. A snail’s nervous system consists of 20,000 neurons. The human brain, to compare, contains several hundred billion neurons.
981. Tim Wong, a biologist in San Francisco, saved a threatened butterfly species by replanting rare flora in his backyard, transporting caterpillars to his local botanical garden, where they began to make a comeback.
982. Researchers concluded that there are four types of drunks: The Hemingway, whose personality stays the same. The Marry Poppins, who become even sweeter and more outgoing. The Nutty Professor, who becomes an uninhibited attention seeker. The last one, Mr. Hyde, who turns hostile.
983. Prior to December 22nd 1942, US Citizens pledged allegiance to the flag using the stiff armed Roman salute made infamous by Nazi Germany.
984. wagon-wheel effect is the reason why wheels on cars often appear to be spinning backwards.
985. They’re called hamburgers because the term comes from Hamburg in Germany, where a minced beef style dish was first created.
986. Backpfeifengesicht (German). A face that badly needs a punch.
987. The word Xmas has been used for over 1000 years with X (Chi) representing the first letter of the Greek word Χριστoς (Christos).
988. In the Indian Ocean there is an Australian territory called Christmas Island, which was named after Christmas because it was discovered on December 25, 1643 by the English captain William Minster.
989. The first stock exchange was established in 1602 in Amsterdam. It was set up to trade shares of the Dutch East India Company.
990. The 1918 flu pandemic is often called the Spanish flu because Spain didn’t fake and minimize the data about the dead like Germany, Britain, France and the USA.
991. Pablo Picasso completed his first painting at the age of 9, titled Le Picador in (1890).
992. The word shampoo comes from the Indian word champu (hair cleansing and body massage during the daily bath) and was introduced to Britain around 1814 by an Indian businessman named Sake Dean Mahomed and his Irish wife.
993. An outlaw isn’t just any criminal. Instead, an outlaw is someone who has been sentenced to be outside of the law’s protection. They don’t have the right to a trial and anyone can kill or persecute them.
994. Some societies discourage casual smiling. For example, one study revealed that in countries such as Argentina, India, and the Maldives, smiling was associated with dishonesty.
995. Women who have their first full-term pregnancy at an early age have a decreased risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
996. Prolonged exposure to silence can lead to improved memory, relief from insomnia, and reduced anxiety.
997. The oldest description of cancer dates back to 3000 B.C. The Edwin Smith Papyrus described tumors of the breasts that were removed by a tool called the fire drill.
998. The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was the loudest sound in recorded history, it was heard 3,000 miles (4800 KM) away.
999. Dejan Stanković is the only man to represent three differently named nations at FIFA World Cups.
1000. In 2018, a man held in a sneeze and ruptured his pharynx, as reported in the British Medical Journal. A reminder not to stifle your sneezes.
1001. The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam and One of Muhammad’s (PBUH) companions was known as Abu Hurairah (literally. Father of the Kitten PBUH) for his attachment to cats.
1002. Feeling sick when you’re stressed. It’s not just in your head, stress suppresses your immune system, raising your risk of falling ill.
1003. Ocular vicarious menstruation is a rare disorder where a woman bleeds through her eyes during menstrual periods.
1004. When the crocodile’s jaws work, the tear ducts are stimulated and hence the impression that the crocodile is crying over its food. That’s why a false, insincere display of emotions is called Crocodile Tears.
1005. A Kittle-pitcher is someone who prevents someone else from telling a boring story by constantly interrupting or distracting them.
1006. Lions inhabited many parts of Europe until they were hunted to extinction around 100 B.C.
1007. In ancient India, Diabetes was called madhumeha or honey urine as the urine would attract ants. Indian physicians Sushruta and Charaka identified Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as separate conditions for the first time in 400-500 CE.
1008. The name of the automotive company JEEP actually derives its name from the military term GP, which stands for General Purpose vehicles.
1009. The feeling of falling while you’re asleep happens because your muscles become very relaxed and enter into temporary paralysis. The brain misinterprets this as falling and sends signals to your muscles to jerk upright which leads you to startle awake.
1010. Venezuela was the first country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, doing so by Constitution in 1863.
1011. Thomas Wedders (also known as Thomas Wadhouse) was an 18th-century circus performer who is said to have had the world’s longest nose. His nose was allegedly 7.8 inches (20 cm) long. He was born in Yorkshire, England, around 1730 and died around 1780.
1012. The inability to pronounce the letter R is called rhotacism, making it impossible for the sufferers to pronounce their own affliction.
1013. Capgras syndrome is a delusion where you believe the people closest to you have been replaced by imposters.
1014. Procrastination is not a result of laziness or poor time management. Scientific studies suggest procrastination is due to poor mood management.
1015. It has been found that applying male underarm sweat to a female’s upper lip helps relax women, boost their mood and help regulate their menstrual cycle.
1016. The first people ever killed in an air accident were hot air balloon pioneers Jean François Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain, in 1785.
1017. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If your tongue is white, there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
1018. September 30 is International Blasphemy Day, intended to defend freedom of expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is criminalized in many countries.
1019. Shorter football referees give out more yellow cards. Experts claim it may be down to Napoleon complex or Small Man Syndrome, where shorter men compensate for their stature by being more aggressive.
1020. 73% of people who are allergic to pollen are also allergic to cannabis.
1021. Brushing your teeth will keep your heart healthier. People with gum disease have a 25 to 50% higher chance of getting cardiovascular disease.
1022. People of Fore clan in Papua New Guinea are known for cannibalism. Up until the late 1960s, they ate the bodies of relatives to cleanse their spirits..
1023. Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is when someone dies suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest, but the cause of the cardiac arrest can’t be found.
1024. People suffering from superior canal dehiscence syndrome can hear their own eyeballs moving.
1025. If you find yourself stranded in a desert, ration sweat, not water. The rate at which you’ll dehydrate and overheat if exerting yourself (e.g. walking or hiking too fast in the heat of the day) will kill you much quicker than lack of drinking water.
1026. Panic was named after Pan, the Greek god of the wilds. The state of wild, mindless fear was believed to be a curse derived from his wrath, or even from his mere presence nearby.
1027. Your nostrils work one at a time. As you breathe in and out through your nose, one nostril does most of the work, switching to the other nostril every 2 to 3 hours. This is known as the nasal cycle.
1028. Bedtime procrastination is a psychological phenomenon where a person stays up late in order to feel like they have some time to themselves.
1029. It is possible to kill yourself in your sleep. This condition is called parasomnia pseudo-suicide.
1030. Precrastination is doing something too quickly or too early to get it out of the way.
1031. Dubbed The Man with the Golden Arm James Harrison has donated his blood over 1000 times to save the lives of babies with Rhesus disease. His blood contains a rare antibody which prevents newborns from dying. It’s estimated that 2.5 million lives have been saved by his actions.
1032. At only 2.1% Vietnam has the lowest obesity rate in the world. It’s less than the obesity rate of Uganda (5.3%) and far less than that of the USA (36.2%).
1033. Meupareunia is sexual activity enjoyed by only one of the participants.
1034. Crucifixion was the most common form of execution in Ancient Rome and is still an official method of capital punishment in a few Islamic countries such as Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the UAE.
1035. Testosterone and Estrogen are formed from Cholesterol.
1036. The Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in toothpaste suppresses sweetness receptors, which is why juice tastes so bad after brushing your teeth.
1037. The compulsive desire to look at something that horrifies you, like a horror film or an injury, is called cacospectomania.
1038. The human brain has enough memory to hold three million hours of television. The brain’s memory is 2.5 petabytes. You would have to leave the TV running continuously for more than 300 years to use up all that storage.
1039. Senate is derived from the the Latin word Senex meaning old man. Therefore, senate literally means board of old men and translates as Council of Elders.
1040. The Pope’s official title is Primate of Italy.
1041. When a fly lands on your food, they essentially spit on it. Since most flies cannot chew solid food, they release digestive juices to turn the food into a predigested, slurpable soup that they can ingest.
1042. Mixing alcohol with diet soda instead of regular soda gets you drunk faster. Sugar slows down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream.
1043. Time blindness, the difficulty or inability to sense the passing of time or recalling when certain memories took place.
1044. Strategic incompetence is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don’t know how to do them.
1045. The Peter Principle holds that people are always promoted beyond their ability.
1046. The environmental impact associated with having a pet is called carbon pawprint.
1047. A Truman Show delusion, also known as Truman syndrome, is a type of delusion in which the person believes that their life is a staged reality show, or that they are being watched on cameras.
1048. Pronoia is a strange, creeping feeling that everyone’s out to help you.
1049. No two lips are the same.
1050. The smell of rain is caused by a bacteria called actinomycetes.
1051. Tyrotoxism: Poisoning from too much cheese.
1052. Rhinorrhea is the medical term for a runny nose.
1053. The Jonah complex is the fear of success or the fear of being one’s best. This fear prevents self actualization, or the realization of one’s own potential. It is the fear of one’s own greatness, the evasion of one’s destiny, or the avoidance of exercising one’s talents.