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66 Cold Knowledge: Uncovering the Unfamiliar Cold knowledge is defined as information that may not have a practical use but is fascinating to know. With the vastness of the world around us, there are unlimited ways of discovering new and curious facts. Here, we will uncover 66666 cold knowledge facts that may leave you wanting to know more.
1. The chances of being killed by a falling coconut are higher than being killed by a shark attack.
2. Australia is wider than the moon if measured from east to west.
3. The term ‘cold turkey’ means to suddenly stop taking drugs, named after the cold and clammy skin that resembles the skin of a recently killed turkey.
4. The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
5. No two zebras have the same stripe pattern.
6. Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae. (Hint: it's only 7!)
7. Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive and kept in lead-lined boxes.
8. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
9. The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
10 The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer. 1
1. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas. 1
2. A group of ferrets is called a ‘busyness’ 1
3. Butterflies taste with their feet. 1
4. A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time, equal to 1/100th of a second. 1
5. The Boeing 747s can travel by air, land, and sea. 1
6. The shortest war ever recorded happened between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 189
6. It lasted only 38 minutes. 1
7. The first recorded speeding ticket was issued in 1902 in Dayton, Ohio. 1
8. A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head. 1
9. The adhesive on Israeli stamps is Kosher. 20. George Washington was not America’s first president. 2
1. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. 2
2. Mercury is the only planet in our solar system that does not rotate around its axis once every 24 hours. 2
3. Black bears are not always black; they can be brown, cinnamon, and even white. 2
4. Polar bears are the only bear species that are considered to be marine mammals. 2
5. The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in Montana and measured over 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. 2
6. The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, which has a population of about 800 people. 2
7. The largest state in the United States is Alaska, with over twice the size of Texas. 2
8. Spiders can’t fly but they use a technique called ballooning where they shoot silk into the air to travel long distances. 2
9. Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up. 30. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird, which measures only
2.25 inches long. 3
1. The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ and it refers to a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica particles. 3
2. Kangaroos can jump up to three times their own height. 3
3. Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees Fahrenheit. 3
4. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. 3
5. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but if you dig a hole straight down, it will take you just shy of 44 minutes to get to the other side of the Earth. 3
6. The longest war in history lasted for 781 years; it was fought between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. 3
7. The world’s largest organism is not an elephant or blue whale, but a fungus that covers 2,200 acres in Oregon. 3
8. Cows have best friends and become stressed when they are separated. 3
9. The shortest horror story ever written is “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…” 40. Chinese checkers did not originate in China but in Germany in the late 1800s. 4
1. The word ‘set’ has the most definitions in the English language, with over 400 different meanings. 4
2. The surface area of Russia is bigger than that of the surface area of Pluto. 4
3. The word ‘mortgage’ comes from the Old French meaning ‘death pledge’. 4
4. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. 4
5. The Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be built in Barcelona, but the project was rejected. 4
6. An elephant’s tooth can weigh up to 10 pounds. 4
7. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.” 4
8. A group of flamingos is called a ‘flamboyance’. 4
9. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 50. It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. 5
1. The human nose can detect up to 1 trillion different scents. 5
2. The average person will spend 6 months of their life waiting for phone calls to be returned. 5
3. The biggest pyramid in the world is not in Egypt but in Mexico. 5
4. Otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent themselves from drifting apart. 5
5. The first recorded use of the word ‘OK’ was in 183
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6. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 5
7. Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy. 5
8. Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all wars and conflicts combined. 5
9. A group of rhinoceroses is called a ‘crash’. 60. A flamingo can eat up to half its body weight in a single day. 6
1. The world’s largest desert, the Sahara, is bigger than the entire mainland United States. 6
2. The longest confirmed human lifespan was of Jeanne Calment, who lived for 122 years. 6
3. The world’s largest living organisms are not animals, but trees: the giant sequoias. 6
4. Camels have three eyelids. 6
5. The US Army holds the current world record for the largest bowl of guacamole, which weighed 6,040 pounds. 6
6. Bees can recognize human faces. 6
7. Humans sneeze at a speed of about 100 miles per hour. 6
8. The human heart beats 100,000 times a day. 6
9. Turtles can breathe through their butts. 70. The Earth has more life below the surface than above it. 7
1. The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. 7
2. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. 7
3. The word ‘bed’ looks like a bed. 7
4. Male seahorses are the ones who carry and give birth to babies. 7
5. The world’s smallest reptile is the chameleon; it can sit on the tip of a matchstick head. 7
6. The highest point on the Earth is the top of Mount Everest, while the lowest point is in the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. 7
7. The shortest war involving a sovereign country only lasted 40 minutes, between British and the Sultan of Zanzibar, in 189
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8. The legend around unicorns started with Marco Polo, who became the first European to document the myths and legends about the one-horned creature in the 13th century. 7
9. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. 80. The center of our galaxy smells like rum and tastes like raspberries. 8
1. In the event of a sudden decompression on an airplane, passengers might have only 15 seconds to put on their oxygen masks. 8
2. We are born with 300 bones but finish life with 20
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3. During pregnancy, a woman’s uterus expands up to 500 times its normal size. 8
4. The biggest tire manufacturer in the world is LEGO. 8
5. The color of flamingos actually comes from the tiny crustaceans that they eat. 8
6. Dogs are capable of detecting epileptic seizures up to 45 minutes before they happen. 8
7. The world’s longest beach is Praia do Cassino in Brazil, stretching over 150 miles. 8
8. The length of the DNA strands in each of our cells is over six feet, despite being only a few micrometers in diameter. 8
9. Armadillo shells are bulletproof. 90. Elon Musk’s mother is a famous supermodel. 9
1. Horses can run within hours of being born. 9
2. To play the clownfish character Nemo in Finding Nemo, they had to record the entire movie three times because the voice actor lost his voice twice. 9
3. The term cyberspace was coined by author William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. 9
4. Colors do not actually exist; they are just light waves that our eyes interpret as different colors. 9
5. The human nose can detect at least one trillion different scents. 9
6. The world’s largest waterfall, the Angel Falls, is located in Venezuela and is over 3,000 feet tall. 9
7. The world’s highest bridge is the Millau Viaduct in France, standing at over 1,100 feet tall. 9
8. The longest continuous footpath spans over 21,000 miles, starting from South Africa to Syria. 9
9. The world’s deepest postbox is in Susami Bay, Japan, at 10 meters underwater. 100. Some turtles can breathe through their derriere.