Editorial Team
Here are another 20 amazing facts you’ll want to remember!
1. Contrary to common belief, all Froot Loops are the same flavor, with the color variation being purely aesthetic.
2. The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish is virtually immortal. It can revert to its polyp state after becoming sexually mature, effectively resetting its life cycle.
3. The world’s deepest mailbox is located in Susami Bay, Japan. It’s 10 meters underwater, making it a unique underwater attraction.
4. Female kangaroos have three vaginas. More weird animals here.
5. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was technically the first man to urinate on the moon.
6. Humans have never technically watched a full movie because of the constant blinking that occurs.
7. Black apples are a thing. They’re called Black Diamond Apples and can be found in Tibet.
The black diamond is a real apple 🍎 with a black hue it tastes sweeter than honey 🍯 and is only found in Tibet. #knowledgerescue pic.twitter.com/pCZ9aWVPEB
— Knowledge Rescue (@KnowledgeRescue) July 27, 2023
8. The first time all humans were not on the planet together was November 2, 2000, marking the start of continuous human presence on the International Space Station.
9. One part of your brain creates the story when you dream, and another part experiences those events and is genuinely surprised by all the twists in the plot.
10. In Spain, a peculiar festival called El Colacho takes place in June where men dress as devils and jump over babies born in the previous twelve months. This unusual custom is part of the country-wide Corpus Christi celebrations.
11. Dead people can get goosebumps.
12. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) was the first film to show a toilet being flushed on screen.
13. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
14. The Milky Way is made up of other galaxies that it has consumed, such as the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. It’s currently munching on the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, the closest galaxy to ours.
15. The largest pair of eyes in the world belongs to the giant squid.
16. More than 3.04 trillion trees exist on the planet. However, around 9.8 million trees are chopped down each year just to manufacture toilet paper.
17. Animals, including sea turtles, have the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field and use it to know where they are.
18. There have been 27 different versions of the U.S. flag since its original design.
19. There are around 2 billion species on Earth, with 6.8 million likely to be species of insects.
20. The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer due to heat expansion.
