Ten Random Interesting Facts
Feeling a bit random and scattered today, so wanted a list that was similar.
1. The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes
The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 began at 9:02 AM and ended at 9:40 AM on the same day.
2. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance"
This colorful term perfectly captures the birds' vibrant appearance and social nature.
3. The world's oldest known living tree is over 5,000 years old
A Great Basin Bristlecone Pine in California, nicknamed "Methuselah," germinated around 2832 BCE.
4. The first oranges weren't orange
The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid and were actually green.
5. Honeybees can recognize human faces
These insects use the same techniques for facial recognition as humans, despite their tiny brains.
6. A day on Venus is longer than its year
Venus rotates so slowly that it takes 243 Earth days to complete one rotation, but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
7. The longest word in English has 189,819 letters
It's the chemical name for titin, the largest known protein.
8. Octopuses have three hearts
Two pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body.
9. A single strand of spaghetti is called a "spaghetto"
This lesser-known singular form comes from Italian, where many nouns ending in 'i' are plurals.
10. The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after death
Walter Morrison, who invented the frisbee, had his ashes turned into a frisbee after he died in 2010.
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