- If you already know these, they're a good reminder of fun facts to share with your friends!
These unexpected fun facts could be brand new to you and how fun is that? Do you think you know the unexpected fun facts on the list?
- Depending on the clarity of the sky, you can potentially see four state from Chicago’s Willis’ Tower (the old Sears tower) including Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
- Apples you buy from the store can be up to a whole year old! After apples are
harvested, they are covered in wax, hot-air dried and packed in cold storage to keep them edible and ready to sell for 6 to 12 months. - A blue whale is so massive that its heartbeat can be detected from up to 2 miles away and its heart weighs about 400 pounds.
- Humans are more creative in the shower, have you ever noticed that, all the great ideas and thoughts you have in the shower? The warm water increases the flow of dopamine, making us more creative! Did you know this as one of the unexpected fun facts?
- British tanks in the military are able to make tea, or coffee, with the boiling vessel inside of the tank.
- Japan has a word for eating “unconsciously” and it’s Kuchisabishii. The definition of the word actually describes the act of eating when you’re not hungry or the idea that your mouth is “lonely.”
- Avocados are technically a fruit because they are considered a single-seeded berry.
- The unicorn is known in Celtic mythology as the fictional creature connected
to both chivalry, dominance, purity and innocence and is also the national animal of Scotland. - Technically nutmeg is a hallucinogen because it has myristicin in it, a compound that naturally has mind-altering effects. Make sure you aren’t ingesting large quantities of nutmeg!!
- Tigers have striped fur and they also have striped skin! Did you know this as one of the unexpected fun facts?
- Americans used corn husks as toilet paper, before toilet paper came along.
- Competitive art was once an Olympic sport from 1912 to 1952.
- Because guinea pigs are social animals, countries like Switzerland prohibit people from just owning one.
- In the Philippines you can order McSpaghetti meat sauce pasta that comes with “McDo” fried chicken as a side. Would you try this staple food from this classic fast food restaurant?
- Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins. Dolphins need air every 10 minutes but sloths can slow their heart rate and hold their breath for a shocking 40 minutes!
- Australia is about 4,000 km in diameter, making it wider than the moon, which is only about 3,400. This is interesting as one of the unexpected fun facts?
- Cat urine glows under black lights just like any other body fluids. This glow comes from the element phosphorus that’s present in the cat pee.
- The “Marcha Real,” the Spanish national anthem is only one of four national
anthems in the world that has no words or official lyrics. - Having headphones in for only one hour can increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times!
- For a while, 3 Musketeers bars were sold in three different flavors with the original candy bar from the 1930s having vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors. During WWII, the cut it down to just one flavor due to the expensive price of rations. This is interesting as one of the unexpected fun facts.
- Because teeth aren’t made of live tissue and are coated in enamel, they are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves.
- There is only one planet that spins clockwise and it’s Venus.
What were your favorite unexpected fun facts you learned from this list? Let me know in the comments!