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Useless Cold Facts That You Might Not Need to Know in English
1. The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 189
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2. The oldest word in the English language is 'town.'
3. A baby elephant is called a calf.
4. The longest name of a place in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki-maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, located in New Zealand.
5. Snails can sleep for up to three years.
6. The shortest complete sentence in English is "I am."
7. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
8. Honey never spoils.
9. In Japan, apologizing is a sign of strength rather than a sign of weakness.
10 The only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name is Q. 1
1. Cats can make over 100 different sounds, while dogs can only make about
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2. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on earth. 1
3. The world's largest snowflake was recorded in Montana in 1887, measuring 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. 1
4. The shortest scheduled flight in the world is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland, which only takes 2 minutes. 1
5. There is a town in Norway called 'Hell.' 1
6. Cockroaches can live for several weeks without their head. 1
7. A newborn kangaroo is smaller than a cherry. 1
8. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. 1
9. The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula. 20. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. 2
1. The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius muscle in the thigh. 2
2. The world's largest crocodile weighed over 2,000 pounds and measured over 23 feet long. 2
3. Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes. 2
4. The Basque language has no known linguistic relatives. 2
5. The shortest war in American history lasted only four minutes between the U.S. and Britain in 1859 over a pig. 2
6. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 2
7. The longest time a person has gone without sleep is 11 days. 2
8. The world's largest pumpkin was over 2,600 pounds. 2
9. The longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and it's the name of a protein. 30. The last letter added to the English alphabet was 'z' in the 16th century. 3
1. A newborn blue whale is 23 feet long and weighs over 5,000 pounds. 3
2. Maine is the only state in America to have a state flower that is not a flower, but a tree. 3
3. The world's largest hailstone weighed over 2 pounds and measured 8 inches in diameter. 3
4. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents. 3
5. The longest place name in the world is in New Zealand and has 85 characters. 3
6. The shortest war in European history lasted only 38 minutes between Austria and Italy in 186
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7. The world's largest chicken egg weighed over 7 ounces. 3
8. The smallest fish in the world is the Paedocypris fish, which measures only
7.9 millimeters long. 3
9. The shortest river in the world is the Roe River in Montana, measuring only 200 feet long. 40. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 4
1. An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain. 4
2. The world's tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, measuring over 2,700 feet tall. 4
3. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "Go." 4
4. A cockroach can survive for up to a week without its head. 4
5. The shortest war in African history lasted only 38 minutes between Ethiopia and Italy in 189
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6. The fear of clowns is called coulrophobia. 4
7. The world's largest rodent is the capybara, which can grow up to 4 feet long. 4
8. The world's largest potato weighed over 18 pounds. 4
9. The largest organ in the human body is the skin. 50. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth is called arachibutyrophobia. 5
1. A dragonfly can live for up to six months. 5
2. The largest snowflake ever recorded was in Fort Keogh, Montana, and was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. 5
3. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 5
4. The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia. 5
5. A newborn ostrich is taller than an adult human. 5
6. The world's fastest animal is the peregrine falcon, which can reach speeds of over 240 mph. 5
7. The world's largest firework weighed over 1,000 pounds and measured over 4 feet in diameter. 5
8. The fear of rolling down hills is called koumpounophobia. 5
9. The world's longest snake was a reticulated python measuring over 33 feet long. 60. The shortest scheduled flight in the United States is between San Francisco and Oakland, which only takes 8 minutes. 6
1. The fear of words is called logophobia. 6
2. A banana is a berry, while a strawberry is not. 6
3. The fear of work is called ergophobia. 6
4. The world's largest land mammal is the African elephant, which can weigh over 13,000 pounds. 6
5. In Japan, black cats are considered good luck. 6
6. The fear of wind is called anemophobia. 6
7. A group of jellyfish is called a smack. 6
8. The longest European town name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales. 6
9. The fear of reptiles is called herpetophobia. 70. The world's largest spider is the Goliath spider, which can measure over a foot long. 7
1. A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash. 7
2. The fear of needles is called trypanophobia. 7
3. The world's largest rodent is the capybara, which can grow up to 4 feet long. 7
4. The fear of birds is called ornithophobia. 7
5. The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny. 7
6. The fear of being alone is called autophobia. 7
7. The world's tallest mammal is the giraffe, which can grow up to 18 feet tall. 7
8. The largest volcano in our solar system is on Mars and is called Olympus Mons. 7
9. The fear of death is called thanatophobia. 80. The world's largest whale is the blue whale, which can grow up to 100 feet long. 8
1. The fear of being buried alive is called taphephobia. 8
2. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. 8
3. The world's largest land predator is the polar bear, which can weigh over 1,700 pounds. 8
4. The fear of dying is called necrophobia. 8
5. A group of bears is called a sloth. 8
6. The world's smallest bird is the bee hummingbird, which measures only
2.25 inches long. 8
7. The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia. 8
8. A group of penguins is called a waddle. 8
9. The world's largest amphibian is the Chinese giant salamander, which can grow up to 6 feet long. 90. The fear of germs is called mysophobia. 9
1. A group of ants is called a colony. 9
2. The world's largest mammal is the blue whale, which can weigh up to 200 tons. 9
3. The fear of heights is called acrophobia. 9
4. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. 9
5. The world's largest bird is the ostrich, which can grow up to 9 feet tall. 9
6. The fear of closed spaces is called claustrophobia. 9
7. A group of snakes is called a den. 9
8. The world's longest living vertebrate is the Greenland shark, which can live up to 400 years. 9
9. The fear of water is called hydrophobia. 100. A group of wolves is called a pack.