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Fun Facts and Figures 😂 Amazing Stats List
Dozens of fun facts compiled into ADDucation’s “Did You Know?” general knowledge trivia list to share and entertain friends and family on any occasion.
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| ADDucation Fun Facts and Figures 😂 Weird, Handy and Curious Facts | Category Tags |
|---|---|
| Eau de Cologne was originally a remedy for the plague. | Health |
| The pea is the oldest known vegetable. | Food |
| The thickest growth rings of a tree face south. | Nature |
| Hot water freezes faster than cold water. | Science |
| Croissants were designed to celebrate the victory over the Turks in 1683 by a Viennese baker. | Food |
| From 1922 to 1934 four Olympic Games took place for women only. | Sport, rights |
| Fish scales are a common ingredient in lipstick. | Nature |
| There are 2,095 billionaires in the world (April 2020), that’s up from 1,940 in 2017 according to American business magazine Forbes listing. | Wealth |
| The Cummins couple had five children between 1952 and 1966 who were all born on the 20th of February. | Babies, Birthdays |
| 82% of the Beatles songs are about love. | Romance |
| The first sport to hold a World Championship was pool / billiards in 1873. | Sport |
| Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 and Joseph Stalin was nominated twice in 1945 and 1948. | History |
| On 14th April 1945, 24 days before the end of WWII, U-boat U-1206 was sunk as a result of a toilet malfunction. | History |
| The longest sentence in a book (we’re aware of) is 823 words long, written by Victor Hugo in Les Miserables. | Literature |
| From 1644 until 1814 Australia was called New Holland by Abel Tasman. Matthew Flinders gave the continent its present name. | Geography |
| Hit AMC TV show Breaking Bad was originally turned down by HBO, FX and Showtime. | Entertainment |
| The most productive workday is Tuesday. A 2013 survey by Accountemps shows productivity increases on Monday, peaks on Tuesday then tails off the rest of the week. | Weekdays |
| Individual pawns on a chess board were given job titles by medieval monks. From (square a2) left to right: Agricultural worker, Farrier, Weaver, Businessman, Doctor, Innkeeper, Policeman and Gambler. | Entertainment |
| The square root of 123456789 is 11111.111. Also 987654321 + 1 + 123456789 = 1111111111 | Mathematics |
| 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 | Mathematics |
| Kleenex tissue material was originally designed for use as filters for WWI gas masks. | History |
| Somalia has more goats than people. | Nature, geography |
| Did you know it’s quicker to say “World wide web” than its acronym www “double u, double u, double u”. | Internet |
| The Chicken came before the egg, according to Genesis 1:21 in the Bible: “So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind”. | Science, religion, evolution |
| A baby spider is called a spiderling and spiders are not insects, read our list of names for baby insects for more fun facts. | Nature |
| The holes in Swiss cheese are called eyes. | Food |
| ALL US presidents to date (including Trump) have siblings – there have been no only children. | Politics |
| Our drinking water is about three billion years old and counting… | History |
| Austria was the first country to abolish the death penalty in 1787. | Crime |
| Croatia was the first country to recognize the State of USA in 1776. | Politics |
| Raindrops fall at a speed of 7 mph (11 km/h). | Weather |
| Neither Hollywood nor Bollywood produce the most films per year, but “Nollywood” in Nigeria with some 2000 films each year. | Entertainment |
| Movie trailers are called “trailers” because they were originally shown after the movie was screened. | Entertainment |
| Four former USA Presidents were cheerleaders. President George W. Bush was a cheerleader at Yale and head cheerleader at Phillips Academy. President Reagan was a cheerleader at Eureka College. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a cheerleader at West Point Academy and President Franklin Roosevelt was a cheerleader at Harvard College. | Politics, sport |
| Monaco and the Vatican City are both smaller than New York’s Central Park. | Geography |
| There are 2666 (September 2020) operational satellites orbiting the Earth and in excess of 21,000 objects larger than 4 inches (10 cm) circling the planet. | Earth |
| Water has its highest density at 4° C. When heated or cooled water expands and is less dense for complicated reasons. | Science |
| If you are facing and looking at a rainbow, you are standing with your back to the sun. | Science |
| Of the 195 countries (January 2021) in the world, 59 drive on the left. | Geography |
| The Nazis V2 Rocket caused three times more deaths among those who built it than those who were bombed. | History |
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