nightbot's wisedom

The entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles.;
More people visit France than any other country.;
The Canary Islands are named after dogs. Not birds.;
Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world.;
The Paris Agreement on climate change was signed by the largest number of countries ever in one day.;
The world's quietest room is located at Microsoft's headquarters in Washington state.;
There are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system.;
The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.;
Four babies are born every second.;
The coldest temperature ever recorded was -144 degrees Fahrenheit.;
The Earth's ozone layer will make a full recovery in 50 years;
There are around 4 quadrillion quadrillion bacteria on Earth.;
People who are currently alive represent about 7 percent of the total number of people who have ever lived.;
Muhammad is thought to be the most popular name in the world.;
Only two countries use purple in their national flags.;
Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 percent of the world's rural population.;
The most expensive coin in the world was sold for more than $7 million.;
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world.;
More than 52 percent of the world's population is under 30 years old.;
Nearly half of the world's population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.;
All giant pandas in zoos around the world are on loan from China.;
The red-billed quelea is the most common bird on Earth.;
There's a website that tracks the world's population in real-time. https://www.worldometers.info/;
More people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language.;
There are 41 countries that recognize sign language as an official language.;
The global adult literacy rate is around 86 percent.;
Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.;
All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.;
The oceans contain almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses.;
New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.;
Tokyo is the world's largest city with 37 million inhabitants.;
Nearly two people die each second.;
There is a technical name for the fear of long words. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.;
Australia is larger than the moon.;
Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise.;
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions.;
Human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves.;
Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport.;
The specks on strawberries are single seeds called achenes.;
The oldest living land animal on earth is a 192-year-old tortoise named Jonathan.;
The hardest bone in the human body is the femur.;
A group of owls is called a parliament.;
The deepest part of the ocean is approximately 35,876 feet down.;
A silverback gorilla can lift over 1763 pounds.;
Winds on Neptune can blow faster than 1200 miles an hour.;
Salvador Dalí designed the logo for the Chupa Chups lollipop brand.;
The Caesar salad was invented in 1924.;
The sun is about 400 times larger than the moon.;
The average person blinks 14 to 17 times per minute.;
90 percent of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.;
Honey does not spoil.;
Central Park in New York City is larger than the entire country of Monaco.;
Cuvier’s beaked whales can hold their breath underwater for over two hours.;
The average golf ball has 336 dimples.;
Over sixty percent of the world’s lakes are located in Canada.;
The International Space Station orbits Earth approximately every 90 minutes.;
Somewhere between 50% and 80% of earth's living organisms are in the ocean.;
The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland.;
Google Images was created after Jennifer Lopez wore the green dress at the 2000 Grammys.;
Lemons float in water but limes sink.;
The Eiffel Tower was originally made for Barcelona.;
It would take 19 minutes to fall to the center of the Earth.;
The Venus Flytrap is considered a Carnivorous plant and eat insects for nutrients.;
The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.;
Neil Armstrong’s hair was sold in 2004 for $3000.;
The longest English word is 189,819 letters long.;
The tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches.;
People once ate arsenic to improve their skin.;
The largest bowling alley in the world is in Japan and has 116 lanes.;
The Terminator script was sold for $1.;
The quickest commercial flight in the world is in Scotland.;
Penicillin was first called mold juice.;
The first commercial passenger flight lasted only 23 minutes.;
There are eight NFL teams currently without cheerleaders.,
No number before 1000 contains the letter A.;
There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive.;
Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world.;
The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.;
The Pope can’t be an organ donor.;
Tug of war was in the Olympics from 1900 to 1920.;
The world’s longest concert lasted 453 hours.;
It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose.;
Africa is the only continent in all four hemispheres.;
All mammals get goosebumps.;
Japan has one vending machine for every 40 people.;
Cleopatra was born in Egypt but comes from Macedonian descent.;
McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli.;
Finland has more saunas than cars.;
The longest time someone has spent holding their breath underwater is 24 minutes and 37 seconds.;
Frida Kahlo painted 55 self-portraits.;
Avocados are actually fruits. Not vegetables.;
The shortest war in history - the Anglo-Zanzibar war - lasted 38 minutes.;
NFL Super Bowl referees also get Super Bowl rings.;
It’s illegal to own only one guinea pig in Switzerland.;
Only four countries in the world have national anthems with no lyrics.;
The letter Q doesn’t appear in any American state’s name.;
Walt Disney currently holds the most Academy Awards at a lifetime total of 26.;
The Paris Catacombs contain the remains of over six million people.;
The average cloud weighs over one million pounds.;
Wearing a necktie could reduce blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 percent.;
Animals can also be allergic to humans.;
Finland has ranked as the happiest country in the world for 7 years straight.;
Bottlenose dolphins are the only other species to have names for themselves.;
All clown fish are born male and can become female later in life.;
Your brain alone burns around 400 to 500 calories each day.;
Approximately 10% of people are left-handed.;
Besides water, tea is the most popular beverage worldwide.;
Your heart beats an average of 100,000 times each day.;
The first animals to travel to outer space were fruit flies.;
The longest-named dinosaur is the Micropachycephalosaurus.;
Dolphins can hold their breath underwater for eight to ten minutes.;
A baby kangaroo is called a joey.;
A group of hyenas is called a cackle.;
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is unique.;
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.;
Octopuses have three hearts.;
The plastic or metal tip of your shoelace is called an aglet.;
Cats sleep an average of 15 hours per day.;
The femur is the longest bone in the human body.;
Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets.;
Bats are the only flying mammals.;
A watermelon is 92% water.;
Tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable.;
Chihuahuas are the smallest dog breed.;
Snakes smell with their tongue.;
Buzz Lightyear’s original name was Lunar Larry.;
A chicken once lived for 18 months without its head.;
Pineapples can take two to three years to fully grow.;
Ketchup was once sold as medicine.;
A sheep was the first animal to be cloned.;
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.;
The closest planet to the sun is Mercury.;
A mile is 5,280 feet long.;
Only male toads make loud croaking sounds.;
Platypuses sweat milk.;
Massachusetts is the home of basketball and volleyball.;
Bananas glow blue under black lights.;
A woman in the United Kingdom once called the police when her ice cream didn’t have enough sprinkles.;
Russia has 11 time zones.;
The American white pelican can hold up to three gallons of water in its mouth.;
Japan released sushi-inspired Kit Kats.;
Comets smell like rotten eggs. ;
The oldest cat ever recorded lived to be 38 years and three days old.;
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.;
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.;
Almonds and peaches are related.;
Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch.;
Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long.;
The Hollywood sign used to say Hollywoodland.;
Peanuts aren’t a type of nut. They are actually legumes.;
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant.;
New Zealand has more sheep than humans.;
Skin is the body’s largest organ.;
President Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena.;
The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.;
Fingernails grow faster than toenails.;
Shrimp’s hearts are located in their heads.;
The Amazon River is the biggest river on earth.;
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world’s tallest building.;
The largest continent in the world is Asia.;
Ants don’t have lungs.;
The fastest animal in the world is a cheetah.;
There’s a planet made almost entirely of diamonds.;
Golf was the first sport played on the moon.;
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States.;
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world's largest coral reef.;
The largest animal in the world is the blue whale.;
Sea otters sleep while holding hands.;
Dogs sweat through their paws.;
Butterflies can taste food with their feet.;
Flamingos aren’t born pink.;
Your nose and ears never stop growing.;
Cats can’t taste anything sweet.;
The surface of the sun is around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.;
Male deer shed their antlers every year.;
Approximately one quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.;
Horses and cows usually sleep standing up.;
There are more than one million different species of insects on the planet.;
Around 80 percent of orange cats are male.;
The world’s largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing has a wingspan of around 10 inches.;
M&M's were the first candy that eaten in space.;
Lions can sleep up to 21 hours in a day.;
I blew your mom's back out and she paid me.;