You won't believe these 10 facts are true, but they are

6/11/2019

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Geography Story: You won't believe these 10 facts are true, but they are

There are so many weird and bizarre things in the world – life will never stop fascinating us! Here is a compilation of the most surprising and unbelievable facts about everything.

#1

Geography Story: 22 lb (10 kg) of eggplant contain the same amount of nicotine as one cigarette — shutterstock

Anyway, if you eat this many eggplants, the effect won't be the same – absorption rates from ingestion are low, and nicotine will be metabolized too fast.

#2

Geography Story: The longest period a human has intentionally gone without sleep is 11 days and 24 minutes. — shutterstock

In 1964, Randy Gardner, a high school student from California, stayed awake for this long without using any stimulants.

#3

Geography Story: Porcupines are born with soft quills which harden a few days later. — shutterstock

Two months later, most porcupines are ready to live on their own.

#4

Geography Story: Earth is the only planet in the Solar System not to be named after a Greek or Roman god — shutterstock

In Roman mythology...

Venus is the goddess of love, desire, fertility and beauty.
Mercury is the god of financial gain, money, messages, and communication.
Mars is the god of war.
Jupiter is the god of sky and thunder.
Saturn is the god of generation, wealth, and agriculture.
Neptune is the Roman god of freshwater and sea.

In Greek mythology...

Uranus is the god personifying the sky.

#5

Geography Story: The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts 57 seconds — shutterstock

It is a 1.7-mile route between two islands in Scotland.

#6

Geography Story: Kim Il-sung, who died in 1994, is still believed to be the eternal leader of North Korea — shutterstock

Despite the fact Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Leader now, his deceased grandfather, who was the first ruler of the country, is named the one and only 'Great Leader'. Kim Jong-un's father, the second leader of North Korea, was designated 'Eternal General Secretary'.

#7

Geography Story: When we look at the night sky, we see the past — shutterstock

The stars we see are located so far from Earth that their light takes a very long time to travel to us. If a star is 30 light-years away, it means that we see the light it produced 30 years ago. Some stars in our sky are 3 light-years away, while the distance to others is around 600 light-years (which means we now see the light from 1400s).

#8

Geography Story: Elephants live in matriarchal social groups — shutterstock

Female-led family groups of elephants are called a herd. A herd consists of 10-100 family members and is led by the oldest or largest female.

#9

Geography Story: In the UK, you can never be more than 70 miles (113 km) away from the sea — shutterstock

The furthest place from sea is Coton in the Elms, a village in the county of Derbyshire.

#10

Geography Story: 85% of all plant life on Earth is found in the ocean — shutterstock

In fact, this one is not that surprising – three quarters of our planet is covered with water.

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Jim Adams

It’s a good thing newborn porcupines have soft quills. Can you imagine the horror of a mommy porcupine trying to push a breached baby porcupine with hard quills?

Eve

I like to learn and because I look back and read some of the comments I found out that Saturn is not a goddess but is a god and Cibeles is a goddess. Sometimes these quizzes, even when not always accurate at least pique my curiosity enough to seek out the correct answers...guess I'm learning either way