Random facts you need to know

1.The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.”

2.Canadians say “sorry” so much that a law was passed in 2009 declaring that an apology can’t be used as evidence of admission to guilt.

3.Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon.

4.The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is J.

5.One habit of intelligent humans is being easily annoyed by people around them but saying nothing in order to avoid a meaningless argument.

6.If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzy Bear.”

7.In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.

8.The ten highest mountain summits in the United States are all located in Alaska.

9.Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” in 2010.

10.Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his Harry Potter glasses.

Harry Potter wearing his glasses

He had an allergy to nickel, and they were quickly replaced with hypoallergenic specs.

Also, did you know that his glasses had no lenses? This was to stop the reflection from anything happening behind the scenes. The glass lens was added in post-production.

11.The famous line in Titanic from Leonardo DiCaprio, “I’m king of the world!” was improvised.

12.A single strand of Spaghetti is called a “Spaghetto.”

13.Hershey’s Kisses are named after the kissing sound the deposited chocolate makes as it falls from the machine on the conveyor belt.

14.Princess Peach didn’t move until 1988 because it was too complicated for the designers to make her a movable character.

15.To leave a party without telling anyone is called in English a “French Exit.” In French, it’s called a “partir à l’anglaise,” to leave like the English.

16.If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you’ll be penalized for up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.

17.The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.

18.In Colorado, USA, there is still an active volcano. It last erupted about the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.

19.The first movie ever to put out a motion-picture soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

20.If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range.

If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote's signal range.

This works by using your brain to act as a radio transmitter.

21.Fruit stickers are edible, though the same as any fruit; washing prior to eating is recommended. The glue used for them is regulated by the FDA.

22.The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. This means “ant eating with three fingers.”

23.Astronaut is a compound word derived from the two Ancient Greek words “Astro,” meaning “star,” and “naut” meaning “sailor.” So astronaut literally means “star sailor.”

24.The flashes of colored light you see when you rub your eyes are called “phosphenes.”

25.At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.

26.Iceland does not have a railway system.

27.The largest known prime number has 17,425,170 digits. The new prime number is 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, minus 1.

28.Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains worth over 1 million dollars. It was found approximately a decade later, in 2020.

29.The lead singer of The Offspring started attending school to achieve a doctorate in molecular biology while still in the band. He graduated in May 2017.

30.The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.