1. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. 21.

21. The lighter the roast of coffee, the more caffeine it has.

2. Giza pyramid was built in 2600 BC 22. 1 million seconds=11 days, 1000 million seconds=31
years
3. Last mammoth lived until 2000 bc
23. If you could double your money every day, and started
4. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to
with a penny, you would be a millionaire in less than a
the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza
month.
5. When you get a kidney transplant, they usually just leave
24. Pirates wore eye patches so that when they went below
your original kidneys in your body and put the 3rd kidney in
deck they could remove it and have better vision in the
your pelvis.
dark.
6. From the time it was discovered to the time it was
25. Australia once lost a prime minister. As in straight up
stripped of its status as a planet, Pluto hadn't made a full
couldn't find him. They have yet to find him.
trip around the Sun.
26. The Champawat Tiger was a female Bengal tiger
7. The founder of match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his
responsible for an estimated 430 deaths in Nepal and India.
girlfriend to a man she met on match.com
27. There was once a war between Honduras and El
8. We went to the moon before we thought to put wheels
Salvador started by a soccer game.
on suitcases.
28. It rains diamonds on Saturn, and Jupiter.
9. Gary Oldman forgot his British Accent
29. When I tell people that Bob Marley's father was white,
10. If you have 23 people in a room, there is a 50% chance
oh the nonbelievers!
that 2 of them have the same birthday. Probability is weird!
30. People completely shave orangutans and force them
11. If you could fold a piece of paper in half 42 times it
into prostitution.
would reach the moon: Thickness of a piece of printer
paper: about 0.1 millimeters. 0.1 mm doubled 42 times: 31. The Mongolian Navy consists of a tugboat with a seven
440,000 kilometers man crew. Only one of them can swim.

12. The lighter was invented before the match.
13. The United States in World War 2 created a bomb that
used bats. The bats would be carrying small incendiary
charges and would be released from the bomb in mid air,
causing them to fly and scatter to different buildings in the
area. It got cancelled because of the atomic bomb.
14. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.
32. The Who's first drummer, Keith Moon, was the
godfather of The Who's current drummer, Zak Starkey, who
is also the son of Ringo Starr, The Beatles' drummer.
33. More people are killed each year by vending machines
than by sharks.
34. More people are killed every year by falling coconuts
than by sharks.

15. You probably have an above-average number of arms. 35. Warner Bros was founded a few months before the fall
of the Ottoman Empire. Even crazier is that Nintendo was
16. Cows have best friends and they get stressed out when
founded 34 YEARS before it fell.
they are separated.
36. Humans share 50% of their DNA with... bananas.
17. The continent with the highest average education level
is Antarctica. 37. France has more time zones than USA or Russia. (For
those wondering, it's because Fraance owns a lot of island
18. Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike
nations on Earth.)
contest and lost.
38. The current United States flag was designed by then 17
19. Elephants can control their dick like a second trunk
years old Robert G. Heft, as part of a school project. He
20. There used to be a flying reptile that was as tall as a received a grade of B-
giraffe: Giraffepterodactyl
39. Fortune cookies were invented in America and are seen 60. Cosmic rays from outer space cause glitches in your
in China as an american symbol. electronics.

40. Gravity propagates at the speed of light. So if the sun 61. An avocado is a berry, a strawberry is not.
were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for
62. There is an immortal jellyfish. When it gets old it reverts
8 minutes.
itself back into it's youngest stage and relives life over and
41. There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards then over again!
there are atoms in our solar system.
63. If you had one rubik's cube for every possible
42. There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the permutation of the cube, and laid them out end to end.... it
US. would stretch out for 261 light years.

43. 7 out of 8 battle deaths in WWII were between the 64. Tony Iommi lost 2 of his fingertips in an accident in his
Russians and the Germans - this includes the entire world at teens, and he wrote and performed all of black sabbath's
the time. music with 2 prosthetic fingertips.

44. A day on venus is longer than a year on venus.
45. Hippo milk is pink. That's right, pink.
46. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood
cells per second.
47. Shaq only ever hit one 3 point shot.
48. Photographs taken of the Eiffel Tower at night are
subject to copyright law.
49. Most toilets flush in E Flat.
50. Netflix rented dvds
51. An octopus has three hearts.
52. Crocodiles are more closely related to birds, than they
are to lizards.
53. We have better maps of the surface of Mars than our
own ocean floor.
54. 14% of the population is missing a tendon in their arm.
65. Studies show every 22 minutes, a child is harmed by a
shopping cart.
66. Homicide rates in the US correlate strongly with ice
cream sales.
67. You can live for the entire rest of your life without
breathing.
68. The owner of segway backed himself off a cliff, on his
segway.
69. Bamboo grows one meter per day.
70. the FBI has struggled to hire hackers because of the FBI
hiring rule that the applicant must not have used marijuana
during the last 3 years.
71. The cast of FRIENDS each made $1M per episode in the
final two seasons and now make $20M per year per cast
member for reruns. The show still generates $1B/year for
Warner Bros. All thanks to David Schwimmer encouraging
the cast to negotiate as a team.

55. Every day there are 6 YEARS worth of video being 72. A Japanese company has awarded its non-smoking
published on YouTube (7 years ago) employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for the
smoker’s smoke breaks
56. Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while
grooming themselves as they do through urination. 73. Billy Joel never sells front row seats in order to see the
real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to
57. There were people who were killed by the Atom bombs random people in the cheap seats so that front row isn't
who were born during Japan's Samurai era. always just wealthy people.
58. That you need to drink eight glasses of water a day is a 74. Dennis Ritchie who invented the C programming
total myth and nobody knows where that number came language, co-created the Unix operating system, and is
from. largely regarded as influencing a part of effectively every
59. if you fire a gun and drop a bullet at the same time from software system we use on a daily basis died 1 week after
the same height they will hit the ground at the same time Steve Jobs. Due to this, his death was largely overshadowed
and ignored.
75. everyone in Singapore above the age of 21 is
automatically registered as an organ donor. Opting out from
this Act will result in you being put at the very bottom of the
organ priority list, should you need an organ
transplantation.
76. Canadian researchers watched 40 episodes of 'The Dr.
Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is
not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against
evidence.
77. Some farmers in Bangladesh have switched to raising
ducks instead of chickens, because during catastrophic
floods, ducks float.
78. Dr. Phil lost his license to practise psychology in 2006.
Therefore, all guests on his TV show must sign a contract
stating they are only there to receive "advice" from an
individual, not a psychologist.
79. Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T
because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who
returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by
whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth 89. Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her,
to be "Mister" when speaking to him.
80. planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to
intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim
of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French
authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple
deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software
updates.
81. Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive
‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom
line than employing several less productive, but more
cooperative, workers.
82. in 1998 Sony had the chance to buy the rights to almost
every Marvel character for 25 million. They opted to only
buy the rights to Spider-Man for just 7 million, stating,
"Nobody gives a shit about the other Marvel characters."
83. the F.B.I. and C.I.A. recruit heavily from the Mormon
population because they are usually cheaper to do a
security clearance on, they often speak another language
from their mission trips and they usually have a low risk
lifestyle.
84. the founder of Hyundai was born to an impoverished
family of peasants in what is now North Korea. In 1998, he
sent 1001 cows to his hometown to pay 1000 times over for 94. The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new
a cow that he stole in the early 1930s to afford his train
ticket to Seoul and escape from poverty.
85. In “Forrest Gump,” when his microphone is cut off at the
rally, what you don’t hear him say is “Sometimes when
people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas
without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all.
That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
86. the Hawaiian island of Kauai encourages tourists to
check a dog out of shelters for a day as part of a field trip for
dogs program. Having the dogs out and about gives them
exercise and increases their chances of getting adopted by a
local.
87. that after Beethoven went deaf, he found he could affix
a metal rod to his piano and bite down on it while he
played, enabling him to hear perfectly through vibrations in
his jawbone. The process is called bone conduction.
88. only three people in the nation were qualified to hand-
pack the parachutes for Apollo 15. Their expertise was so
vital, they were not allowed to ride in the same car together
for fear that a single auto accident could cripple the space
program.
because she felt that a murder would be easier on her
family than her committing suicide. The would-be-hitman
talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month.
90. there's a restaurant in New York that doesn't employ
chefs; they employ grandmas. Every day, a different
grandma from around the world designs her own menu.
91. a woman was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning
her child to death with antifreeze. She gave birth to a
second child while in prison, who was given to foster care.
But he became sick with the same symptoms, indicating a
genetic metabolic disorder, not poisoning. She was later
released.
92. TIL astronomer Harlow Shapley firmly believed that
there was only one galaxy in the universe but when he was
presented with an evidence that disproved his view, he said
"it destroyed his universe." Then he completely changed his
view and devoted his subsequent career in mapping 76,000
galaxies.
93. Steve Jobs never coded for Apple. According to Apple
co-founder Steve Wozniak, he didn't do any original design
and one of Apple's earliest employees also stated that Woz
was the inventor while Jobs was the marketing person.
unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously
found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.
95. in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA 106. Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at
before he installed some PC software. The agreement children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity
included a clause offering 'financial compensation' to rates.
licensees who actually read the license agreement. He
107. in Japan, if a working day falls between two public
emailed the company, referred to the clause and the
holidays, that working day becomes an additional holiday by
company sent him a check for $1,000
law, also known as a "Citizen's Holiday".
96. You are less likely to die during an economic depression.
108. Mel Gibson could not get any studio to fund 'Passion of
This is mostly attributed to cleaner air, reduced traffic, and
the Christ'. Instead of scrapping the film, he chose to
fewer dollars spent on vices like tobacco and alcohol.
finance it all by himself, an action which analysts labelled as
97. scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved "idiotic". He spent $45M on the project and went on to
in amber. It is full of feathers. make over $475M because he didn't have to split the
profits.
98. in 2020 two rival Drug Cartels Decided to have a
friendly soccer Match. The match ended with 16 deaths and 109. Nearly 75 percent of all aluminum ever produced is still
5 injuries in use today" due to recycling

99. Prince William and Prince Harry pulled a prank on their 110. India requires voting booths within 2 km of every
grandmother the Queen, by changing her voicemail registered voter. This means some poll workers trek for
answering message to say, "Hey wassup! This is Liz. Sorry days through mountains and jungles to reach small, remote
I'm away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one. villages, sometimes for only a single registered voter.
For Charles, press two. And for the corgis, press three."
111. after visiting a prison in Norway that treated prisoners
100. a group of undercover Detroit police posing as drug humanely, a warden from North Dakota went back and
dealers tried to arrest another group of undercover police reformed her prison based on Norway's model. It later saw
posing as drug buyers. sharp decline in violence against inmates and threats
against staff
101. The Make-a-Wish Foundation granted a child to visit
the set of Thor: Ragnarok. When Thor sees Hulk enter the 112. a guy called Dale Schroeder used his life savings to
arena on Sakaar, the child said Thor should say "He's a send 33 students to college. he grew up poor in Iowa, never
friend from work!" married, had no children, and worked as a carpenter at the
same company for 67 years and only owned 2 jeans.
102. In 1836, a sewer worker accidentally discovered an old
drain which ran directly into the Bank of England's gold 113. Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt
vault. He wrote letters to the directors of the bank and cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than
requested a meeting inside the vault at an hour of their something to profit from"
choosing - and popped out of the floor to greet them
114. A researcher once played a recording of an elephant
103. the creators of "Parks and Recreation" did research for who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker
the show by interviewing actual government officials. One hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all
said, "Well, I’m a libertarian, so I don’t really believe in the around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for days
mission of my job. Yes, I’m aware of the irony." The afterward. The researchers never again did such a thing.
character of Ron Swanson was born.
115. Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a
104. that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis
(100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so merchandise
that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.
116. the Catholic Church has accepted Darwinian evolution
105. in 1954, Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes as compatible with Christianity since 1950.
in two days. He was presumed dead almost 24 hours later
117. When roosters open their beaks fully, their external
until he was spotted coming out of the jungle carrying
auditory canals completely closed off. Basically, roosters
bananas and a bottle of gin.
have built in earplugs. This helps prevent them from
damaging their hearing when they crow.
118. Tom Cruise divorced all three of his ex-wives when 127. Why paper cuts are so painful is b/c at a microscopic
they turned 33 (Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Katie Holmes) level, paper is actually quite rough. A knife makes a straight
and each is 11 years younger than the last. cut, but paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage
to cells and nerve endings. Paper also leaves behind tiny
119. the speed camera lottery in Stockholm, Sweden. Drive
fibres and chemical residues, irritating the wound even
at or under the speed limit and you'll be entered into a
more.
lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that
speeders pay. Average speed reduced from 32km/h to 128. In 1967, Paul McCartney forgot his passport when
25km/h (a reduction of 22%) travelling to France to shoot a music video. He told the
agents, ‘You know who I am so why do you need to see a
120. Stan Lee, co-creator of Daredevil, worried that blind
photograph of me in a passport?’ And was let through.
people would be offended at how far he exaggerated the
way a blind person's other senses are enhanced, until he 129. the Michelin Man is white is because rubber tires are
started receiving letters telling him that blind people greatly naturally white. It wasn't until 1912 that companies started
enjoyed having Daredevil comics read to them. mixing carbon chemicals with the rubber to make black
tires. This process is not an aesthetic change, but a
121. Dreamworks used to punish their animators who failed
structural one, making the tires stronger and durable.
at their work on Prince of Egypt, by sending them to work
on Shrek. Appaerently the punishment even had a 130. after firefighters saved piglets from a barn fire, 6
nickname - to be "Shreked." months later the farmer sent them sausages made from the
piglets as a thank you gift
122. since domestication, dogs' eyes have changed. Dogs
now have eye muscles that make them more expressive and 131. according to a study, strict parents can turn their kids
infant-like. These same muscles are absent in wolves, their into more effective liars because children who are afraid to
closest relative. tell the truth learn more deceptive behaviors to avoid
getting in trouble.
123. in 1714, a Norwegian captain and an English captain
had a 14-hour long ship fight. Afterwards, both ships were 132. Even though he received surgery to correct his
badly damaged and the Norwegian captain was running out nearsightedness, Horace Grant continued to wear his
of ammo. He sent an envoy to the English ship, asking if he trademark goggles on the court during his NBA career after
could borrow some of their ammo. They said no. hearing from parents that he was a inspiration to children
who wore glasses.
124. Ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 instead of
base 10. That's why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 133. the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also
360 degrees in a circle. 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon
and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence
125. Frank Zappa was a futurist who was enthusiastic for
not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.
the possibility of holographic imagery. So much so that he
recorded footage of himself in the early 70s with the 134. if you publish a book in Norway, the government will
intention to be used when technology got to that point. A buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute
Frank Zappa holographic tour using that footage was them to libraries throughout the country.
presented on 2019.
135. When Queen Elizabeth visited the set of "Game of
126. CIA revealed a "heart attack" gun in 1975. A battery Thrones" she refused to sit on the Iron Throne because
operated gun which fired a dart of frozen water & shellfish there is a law disallowing her from sitting on a foreign
toxin. Once inside the body it would melt leaving only a throne.
small red mark on the victim where it entered. The official
136. Super Mario is named after real-life businessman
cause of death would always be a heart attack.
Mario Segale, who was renting out a warehouse to
Nintendo. After Nintendo fell far behind on rent, Segale did
not evict them but gave them a second chance to come up
with the money. Nintendo succeeded and named their main
character after him.