20 Fun Facts From All Over The World

3/30/2019

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Nature Story: 20 Fun Facts From All Over The World

Our world is an amazing place we live in. In this article, you will find the most amazing facts from all over the world. Become the most interesting person in the room!

Some of these 20 fun facts will cheer you up, others will make you think a lot. However, no one will remain indifferent. These amazing facts are devoted to history, geography, fascinating science, and daily life.

#1 Sneeze Travels 100 mph

Nature Story: sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. speed of sneeze — shutterstock

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. and creates upwards of 100,000 droplets.

#2 Your Smartphone is Pure Gold

Nature Story: gold ore how to get gold — shutterstock

There is more gold in a ton of mobile phones than in a ton of gold ore. There is only one gram of gold in a ton of gold ore. You can get the same amount from 41 phones.

#3 Cats and Eyebrows

Nature Story: cats in an Ancient Egypt — shutterstock

If a cat of an Ancient Egyptian died, he took it to a sacred cat burial ground then shaved off his eyebrows and mourned until the eyebrows grew back.

#4 Some Lizards Can't Breath

Nature Story: facts about lizards — shutterstock

The way some lizards twist their bodies while running compresses their lungs so they need to stop every now and again to breathe.

#5 Microwave Ovens Save Energy

Nature Story: average microwave uses more energy on the display — shutterstock

An average microwave uses more energy on the display (showing the time 24/7) than it does on being used to heat up things.

#6 Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Nature Story: facts about reindeer eyes winter — reddit

A reindeer's eyes turn blue in the winter so they can see better in low light.

#7 Some Truth About Polar Bears

Polar bear hair is actually mostly clear and their skin is black.

#8 Your Fingernails and Hair Are Brothers

Nature Story: fingernails are made of the same material as your hair — shutterstock

Do you know that fingernails are made of the same material as your hair?

#9 Twin Record

The record time between the birth of twins is 87 days.

#10 Saliva And Taste

We can taste food if only you have saliva in the mouth. If you put food on a dry tongue, you won’t taste it.

#11 Horses and their mustaches

Nature Story: Fun facts Some horses have mustaches — shutterstock

Some horses have mustaches! This is due to their breed living in places with lots of burrs, and the mustache protected their lips when they ate.

#12 Don't Leave Your Alpaca Alone

Loneliness can make alpacas sick and even kill them.

#13 The Eldest Creatures

Cockroaches were there 120 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth.

#14 Don't mess with China

Nature Story: fun facts celebrities Brad Pitt banned from entering China — shutterstock

Brad Pitt was banned from entering China for his role in the movie Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He was banned along with Director Jean-Jacques Annaud and co-actor David Thewlis for portraying the Dalai Lama in a positive light.

#15 Why Bananas Are Curved

Nature Story: fun facts bananas are curved — shutterstock

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun against gravity.

#16 How Much Iron In The Human Body

Nature Story: fun facts about human body iron in blood — shutterstock

A healthy adult has enough iron in the body that, if it were pulled out and melted down, it could form a nail up to three inches long.

#17 Female Players in Major League Baseball

Nature Story: fun facts about — wikimedia

While there are currently no female players in Major League Baseball, there have been plenty of women in professional men’s leagues. The first was Lizzy Arlington, who in 1898 pitched the ninth inning for the Reading Coal Heavers and won her team the game.

#18 Dracula's Father Who Never Visited Transylvania

Nature Story: fun facts vampires dracula — shutterstock

Bram Stoker was an Irish author who is now best remembered for his gothic horror novel “Dracula”. However, he never visited Transylvania.

#19 Pups Are Choosing Your Soul Mate

Nature Story: fun facts about animals dogs dog owners — shutterstock

A new study conducted over three years (2015-2017) by Rover.com, found that 54% of dog owners are willing to end a relationship if their pup doesn’t like their partner.

#20 Don't Hold A Kangaroo Tail Off The Ground

Nature Story: fun facts about animals kangaroo — shutterstock

If you hold a kangaroo tail off the ground, it can’t hop.

Here are the most amazing facts from all over the world. What fun facts do you know? Share them in the comments below.

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35 Comments

Chris Garrett-Petts

Good stuff, especially about pups!

Elizabeth Holmes

bonniecardona, unusual tern of phrase " brothers" isn't is usually " sisters" ?

Scott

Interesting, very interesting. Thanks!

bonniecardona

In number 8 stating that nails and hair are made of the same material it would have been helpful for the author to state that the material is keratin!!!!