← FACTSlides → Random Facts Page #112

One-third of babies born in Britain in 2013 are expected to live for a century.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Humans spend 13% of their lives not focusing on anything in particular.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The Great Mosque at Djenné in Mali is the largest mud structure in the world.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

In 2002, an American bomber attempted to plant 18 bombs which, when they exploded, would form a giant smiley face.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

NASA estimates that the near-Earth asteroid, Eros, contains 20 billion tons of gold.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

An Ancient Egyptian cure for blindness was to pour mashed-up pig's eye into the patient's ear.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The world's oldest fish hooks were found in a cave in Japan, dating from about 23,000 years ago.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

In 2012 alone, an estimated 2.8 million dog owners gave their dogs antidepressants.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

After the Vietnam war, farmers recycled thousands of external fuel tanks from U.S. aircraft to create river boats and canoes

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Onomatomania is the frustration at being unable to think of an appropriate word.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

At the end of the WW2, U.S. censors kept the news of Germany's unconditional surrender secret from the public for 11 hours.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The human brain has enough memory to hold three million hours of television.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Kansas is flatter than a pancake.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The change from "Arthur Andersen" to "Accenture" was one of the most expensive rebrandings of all time at US$100 million.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

74% of travelers feel the most stressful aspect of travel is figuring out the details, a study found.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 U.S. Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the U.S., it will automatically be accepted.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Neil Armstrong's boots are still floating around in space.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

In the 1890s, Donald Trump's grandfather ran a restaurant that doubled up as a brothel.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The insect Issus coleoptratus has joints that function like mechanical gears.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

In Denmark, if you are unmarried at 25, you'll get cinnamon thrown all over you on your birthday.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

There are between 25 to 50 serial killers active in the United States at any one time.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Sheep were grazing in Central Park until 1934, when they were moved during the Great Depression for fear they would be eaten.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

At Stalin's funeral, 500 people were trampled to death.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Four million years ago, rats in South America were the size of hippos.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Anthophobia is the fear of flowers.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

Hugo Chávez, as president of Venezuela, hosted a TV show every Sunday from 1999 to 2012.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

The world suicide rate has risen by 60% in the last 45 years.

♦ SOURCE

♺ SHARE

A full Kindle weighs a billionth of a billionth of a gram more than a brand-new one.