Fun Facts

By Blake Kim

A cloud weighs around a million tonnes.

Earlobes have no biological purpose.

The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 

Mount Everest isn’t the tallest mountain on Earth.

Octopuses don’t actually have tentacles.

Ants don’t have lungs. 

Snails have teeth.

A horse normally has more than one horsepower.

It’s possible for two lucid dreamers to communicate mid-dream. 

Animals can be allergic to humans.

The longest anyone has held their breath underwater is over 24.5 minutes.

Smells can pass through liquid.

You can’t fold a piece of A4 paper more than eight times.

Your brain burns 400-500 calories a day.

Japan has one vending machine for every 23 people.

Lemons float, but limes sink.

McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli. 

Armadillo shells are bulletproof. 

The longest English word is 189,819 letters long

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