Let’s start with the basics. What are “fun” facts and what’s so fun about them? The thing with fun facts is that you could continue living your life perfectly well without this information, but knowing it is somehow cool. Usually, they’re not the kind of things you learn at school but more like random facts about life around you, which you find out through experience, hear from someone, or read about in a Bored Panda article.
Did you know that there are apps and websites that will give you daily facts on a variety of topics or on one specific one? Many teachers claim that collecting random cool facts and sharing them with the class often helps them in the study process. Kids love hearing stuff that is not in the textbooks and, as a result, end up with tons of useful knowledge.
But don’t think that this only works for kids. Fun facts for adults are just as entertaining and stimulating. Reading them is a good way to help your brain wake up during your morning coffee or while relaxing on your lunch break. Also, it really is an effective method to learn a lot of interesting facts that could change your perspective on many things.
In this article, we have collected tons of fun facts that you will hopefully enjoy. You’ll probably also discover something new you didn’t know before. What was the most interesting random fact you have ever learned? Share with us in the comments.
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Cherophobia is the word for the irrational fear of being happy.
Apples wake you up more than coffee in the morning.
The chief translator of the European Parliament speaks 32 languages fluently.
The Netherlands is so safe, it doesn’t have enough inmates to fill its prisons, so it rents out places to other countries.
You can survive longer without food than you can without sleep.
The brain of Einstein was stolen when he died.
IIRC, Einstein specifically did NOT wish that his brain becomes an object of study. His wish was promptly ignored.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
I love this, they should do it worldwide (and for rats too, they're not meant to be solitary). My heart breaks for lonely and bored pets 💔
Queen Elizabeth II trained as a mechanic during WWII.
Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport.
Once McDonald's created broccoli that tastes like bubble gum.
Had to find out more, so thought I'd share- https://www.eater.com/2014/11/14/7220413/mcdonald-s-almost-included-bubble-gum-flavored-broccoli-in-happy-meals
The Hawaiian alphabet contains only 13 letters.
In 2014, there was a Tinder match in Antarctica.
In 1927, Santa Claus received an official pilot's license.
It only takes six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain.
The Aztecs invented popcorn.
Depression is the most common mental illness.
Cutting down a cactus in Arizona might get you 25 years in prison.
Also, your toilet seat in prison will be made from that cactus (not actually true, but should be).
The actors who voiced Mickey and Minnie mouse got married in real life.
There was a prehistoric dragonfly that's wings spanned more than two feet.
A Brazilian man was killed when a cow fell through the roof and landed on him as he was in bed.
For all wondering how but don't want to click the link: "The one-tonne cow was grazing on a hill behind the small house, in the town of Caratinga, when it stepped onto the asbestos roof, which collapsed under its weight. Joao Maria de Souza, 45, was lying in bed when the animal fell on him. He was taken to hospital and died the day after, reportedly of internal bleeding. "
The winning vehicle's speed in the first U.S. race was seven miles per hour.
"Arachibutyrophobia" is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Once fans cheered so loudly during a Louisiana State University football game that it was registered as an earthquake on a local seismograph.
Birds in Minnesota get drunk off of berries.
Daniel Radcliffe went through 160 pairs of glasses and around 70 wands during the making of the Harry Potter movies.
Well, if you’re not used to glasses, you don’t know how to avoid getting them broken
It's against the law to feed pigeons on the streets or sidewalks of San Francisco.
More than 10% of the world population is left-handed.
Pandas fake pregnancy for better care.
Crocodiles are one of the oldest living species, having survived for more than 200 million years.
Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.
The 1939 novel Gadsby is the longest book ever published that doesn't contain the letter 'e.'
It's called an Oulipo. George Perec wrote La Disparition in French, translated to English by Gilbert Adair as A Void ~1969 and has 256 pages. Gadsby has ~260 pages. The letter "e" is one of the most used, if not the most, in both English and French so that was a feat in itself.
Scientists made a "nanoguitar" which is the size of a human blood cell.
The urine of all mammals glows under a blacklight, but especially cats.
The majority of dust found in households is made from dead skin.
Green diamonds are the rarest type of diamond.
Colorless diamonds, though being more expensive than blue, red or yellow ones, are the most common. The Beers are stockpiling them in massive vaults, just to keep prices up
The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
Indians spend 10+ hours a week reading, more than any other country in the world.
I'm curious to know how accurate the assessment of this is, as many people overestimate how much they read when asked. I think some populations might do so more often than others. Not saying the fact isn't true, just curious how it is assessed.
The largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide.
Beauty and the Beast was written to help girls accept arranged marriages.
How? is it cause an arranged husband is seen as a beast by a woman at first but then with time he turns into a prince
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.
Your funny bone is actually a nerve.
The world's most successful pirate was a woman.
Ching Shih. She had so much men, power, and money that the largest and strongest empires in the world at that time were not able to defeat her. He actually surrendered of her own free will, got to keep her money, and live out the rest of her days in freedom. She won piracy.
The Aurora Borealis has a sister phenomenon in the southern hemisphere called the Aurora Australis.
Scots have more than 400 words for "snow."
In the 16th century, poets exchanged rap battle-like stylized insults in an act called "flyting."
Brunch was originally invented to cure hangovers.
A group of frogs is called an army.
Leonardo DiCaprio improvised his famous Titanic quote, “I’m the king of the world.”
Google images was literally created after Jennifer Lopez wore that infamous dress at the 2000 Grammys.
Spaghetto, confetto, and graffito are the singular forms of spaghetti, confetti, and graffiti.
A cat spends most of its life sleeping.
Koalas can sleep for up to 20 hours a day.
largely because they're too stupid to eat anything but eucalyptus (they even won't eat it if presented on a plate instead of a tree-like structure) and it has almost no nutritional value
Women buy 96% of candles produced.
I wonder what percentage are bought by churches and other religious places like temples?
Camels are not born with humps.
The cracking sound your joints make is the sound of gases being released.
In the '90s, North Korean teachers were required to play the accordion.
Vikings discovered Russia.
They also discovered what's now known as America. Columbus only discovered The Dominican Republic/Haiti
The smallest bones in your body are found in the ear.
The world's longest walking distance is 14,000 miles.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.
A broken laser pointer was the first item to be sold on eBay.
In Antarctica, the ice sheet averages just over 7,000 feet thick, but is more than twice that thick in places.
The U.S. Supreme Court building has a basketball court.
Cheesemakers are studying whether music can change the taste of cheese.
Shark attacks threaten the internet.
You can get your eyeballs tattooed.
Instant coffee was made in 1901.
President Lyndon B. Johnson owned a water-surfing car.
Male students at Brigham Young University in Utah need special permission to grow a beard.
Yeah, and they need extra-special permission to be of African descent, because the Mormon church is run by toolbags.
The average mammal empties its bladder in 21 seconds.
Almost half the world's population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.
The human brain is about 78% water.
Gold never erodes.
Corrodes is correct. However, when gold winds up in water for panning, it isn’t the gold that erodes; it’s the soil around it that erodes.
China is bordered by 14 countries.
Research shows that all blue-eyed people may be related.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
Instead of saying "cheese" before taking a picture, Victorians said "prunes."
It is proven, that we can smell rain.
South Koreans are four centimeters taller than North Koreans.
The longest name of any place in the world is 169 letters long.
Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, or the ceremonial name of Bangkok
People are more creative in the shower.
The Titanic was made in Belfast, Ireland.
The most requested funeral song in England is by Monty Python.
Animal shelters are slammed on July 5.
The first airplane flew on December 17, 1903.
False! Otto Lilienthal made the first successful flight in an aircraft in 1891. The Wright Brothers made the first successful controlled MOTORIZED flight in 1903.
There are almost 8 million possible seven-digit phone numbers per area code.
London cabbies have to memorize literally everything.
Medicine bottle foil seals exists because of poison.
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