Random Facts

Here are some random facts, hope you find interesting:

  1. The average person spends about six months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green.
  2. Astronauts’ height can increase by up to 2 inches when they are in space due to the absence of gravity compressing their spinal discs.
  3. The world’s largest pizza ever made was 122 feet and 8 inches in diameter, created in Norwood, South Africa in 1990.
  4. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.
  5. Coca-Cola was originally green in color.
  6. The oldest known living tree, named Methuselah, is over 4,800 years old and can be found in California’s White Mountains.
  7. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
  8. The dot over the lowercase “i” and “j” is called a “tittle.”
  9. Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae, which is seven.
  10. The world’s largest rubber duck measures about 79 feet tall and is made entirely out of rubber.