50+ Random Facts You Never Expected!

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By John C. Barnard Last updated Apr 15, 2022 0

You have $1.19 if you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies. You also have the most money in coins, despite the fact that you can’t make change for a dollar.
In the shrubs at the base of the Lincoln Memorial, the numbers ‘172’ can be found on the reverse of a $5 dollar bill.
President John F. Kennedy was the world’s fastest random speaker, speaking at speeds of up to 350 words per minute.
A person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator throughout their lifetime.
The fear of teeth is known as odontophobia.
The number 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles refers to the company’s previous pickle variety.
“Well, are you there?” operators would ask while picking up a call in the early days of the telephone. It wasn’t until 1895 that someone recommended using the words “number please?” when answering the phone.
An average-sized brick has a surface area of 79 cm2.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the most popular day for people to commit suicide.
Cats sleep about 16 to 18 hours each day on average.
Mohammed is the most popular name in the world.
Shakespeare was 46 when the King James Version of the Bible was written, according to legend. Shake is the 46th word from the first word in Psalms 46, and spear is the 46th word from the last word.
In Japanese, karaoke means “empty orchestra.”

According to the Eisenhower interstate system, one mile out of every five must be straight. In times of war or other situations, these straight sections can be used as airstrips.
In the year 2000 B.C., Egyptians utilized crocodile dung as a contraceptive.
The smallest state with the longest name is Rhode Island. “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” is the official name, which appears on all state documents.
Hair continues to grow for a few months after death.
Every individual in the United States has two credit cards.
Only Isaac Asimov has a book in each of the Dewey decimal categories.
The Picayune Intelligence is the local newspaper in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, which is home to Rocky and Bullwinkle.
To measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point, 11 Empire State Buildings would have to be piled one on top of the other.
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to be named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1927.
$1.3 million was the highest amount ever paid for a cow at an auction.
“War and Peace” took Leo Tolstoy six years to complete.
The brain of a Neanderthal was larger than yours.
The time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10 on the new $100 bill.
The heart, spades, clubs, and diamonds on a deck of cards represent the four fundamental pillars of the economy in the Middle Ages: the Church, the military, agriculture, and the merchant class.
Patience and Fortitude are the names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library. Fiorello LaGuardia, the mayor at the time, gave them their names.
Because engineers neglected to account for the weight of all the volumes that would inhabit the building when it was built, Indiana University’s Main Library lowers over an inch every year.
Someone squished her hands in jelly to make the sound of E.T. walking.
Rerun was the younger brother of Lucy and Linus (who were brother and sister). (When he could find it! ), he used to play left field for Charlie Brown’s baseball club.
Insulin is produced by the pancreas.

One out of every 5,000 lobsters in the North Atlantic is born vivid blue.
There are ten components of the human body that are only three letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
A human can notice a skunk’s scent from a mile away.
The situation of not being able to remember the word you seek is described by the term “lethologica.”
The only king without a mustache is the King of Hearts.
Because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry, Henry Ford only made the Model T in black.
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. renown, first appeared in Donkey Kong, a 1981 arcade game. Mario was his actual name, but it was changed to Mario in honor of Mario Segal, the Nintendo of America’s landlord.
Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley are the three most well-known western names in China.
Approximately 98 percent of the atoms in your body are replaced every year.
Elephants are the only mammals that do not have the ability to jump.
Antarctica’s international telephone calling code is 672.
The 27th of September is World Tourist Day.
Women are 37% more likely than males to seek help from a psychiatrist.
The pressure created by the human heart is enough to spew blood 30 feet (9 m).
Diet Coke wasn’t created until 1982.
The King James translation of the Bible has over 1,700 references to jewels and precious stones.
Snakes with two heads compete for food after they are hatched.
Car horns in the United States sound like F.
It is not always detrimental to set a clock by turning the hands counterclockwise. Only when the timepiece has a chiming mechanism is it dangerous.
In Australia, there are twice as many kangaroos as there are people. The number of kangaroos is believed to be around 40 million.
Police dogs are taught to respond to commands given in a foreign language, most often German, but more recently Hungarian.
Plastic notes range in value from $5 to $100 in Australia.
The patron saint of bricklayers is St. Stephen.
Every year, the average person makes roughly 1,140 phone calls.
Desserts spelled backward are stressed.
You could fill an entire stadium with enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls.
When Mary Stuart was only six days old, she was crowned Queen of Scotland.
The father of Charlie Brown was a barber.
Due to the time zones being traversed, you can arrive 2 hours before your flight departs while flying Concord from London to New York.
To avoid airborne particles from the flush, dentists recommend keeping a toothbrush at least 6 feet (2 meters) away from the toilet.
Sleeping burns more calories than watching television.
Five miles distant, a lion’s roar may be heard.

7-UP is a citrus beverage that was first introduced in 1929. The number “7” was chosen since the initial containers measured 7 ounces. The orientation of the bubbles was indicated by the letter “UP.”
Einstein’s brain was 15% broader than average, according to Canadian researchers.
In a lifetime, the average person spends around two years on the phone.
Wrigley’s gum was the first product to have a bar code.
The record for most children born to a single mother is 69. A Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765.
In 1902, Beatrix Potter published the first of her famous “Peter Rabbit” children’s stories.
Being born with a crooked nose was considered a sign of leadership in ancient Rome.
Dr. Seuss created the term “nerd” in his book “If I Ran the Zoo.”
The traditional salute to a royal birth in the United Kingdom is a 41-gun salute.
Originally, the bagpipe was constructed from the entire skin of a dead sheep.
The roar we hear when we place a seashell close to our ear is the sound of blood coursing through the ear’s veins, not the ocean. A similar effect can be achieved by placing any cup-shaped object over the ear.
Because of all the loud gases that escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel, revolvers cannot be quiet.
The Liberace Museum houses a mirror-plated Rolls Royce, jewel-encrusted capes, and the world’s largest rhinestone, weighing 59 pounds and measuring over a foot in circumference.
A car with manual shifting gets 2 miles per gallon more than one with automatic shifting.
Ultrasound is audible to cats.
In Paraguay, dueling is lawful if both sides are registered, blood donors.
Pennsylvania’s highest point is lower than Colorado’s lowest point.
Mules have never lost a war in which the US has utilized them.
In the spring, children grow more quickly.
Each McDonald’s BigMac bun has an average of 178 sesame seeds.
Deacon Larkin’s horse served as a mount for Paul Revere.
Grover Cleveland’s young daughter, Ruth, was the inspiration for the Baby Ruth candy bar.
A temperature of minus 40 degrees Celsius corresponds to negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Clans used to burn their dwellings down in order to get rid of unwanted people without murdering them, hence the idiom “to get fired.”
The Taj Mahal’s builder is unknown. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have survived have all been proven to be modern inventions, with no evidence as to who the true creators were.
Every human was a single cell for roughly half an hour.
A cord of wood may produce 7.5 million toothpicks.
Aglets are the plastic pieces at the end of shoelaces.
The traditional salute to a royal birth in the United Kingdom is a 41-gun salute.
On April 5, 1679, Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary, “I quit smoking tobacco,” which was the first recorded incidence of a man quitting smoking. One month later, he died.
“Goodbye” is derived from “God be with you,” which is derived from “God be with you.”
The month of February is designated as Black History Month.
Jane Barbie was the woman in charge of the Bell System’s voice recordings.
Gulf Oil Company opened the first drive-in service station in the United States on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The elephant is the only mammal on the planet that has four knees.
Pedestrians crossing roadways at night must wear tail lights, according to Kansas law.