30 CRAZY Facts That Are Actually True
Nathan Johnson
Published
04/22/2016
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In his lifetime, George Washington wrote between 18,000 and 20,000 letters. -
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An adult Asian elephant is capable of holding 2.2 gallons of water in its trunk. -
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Elvis Presley had never received formal music training or learned to read music. He also didn't write any of his songs. -
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"Backpfeifengesicht" is a German word for a face that badly needs a punch. -
5.
The average person gets 9,672 minor injuries in a lifetime. -
6.
NASA's Internet connection is 13,000 times faster than yours, at 91 gigabits per second. -
7.
In 1978, a student in the U.S. working a minimum wage job could pay for 4 years of college with no debt. -
8.
Eminem spent hours reading the dictionary so he could expand his vocabulary for his rhymes. -
9.
Airplane turbulence only caused three deaths between 1980 and 2009. -
10.
Jessica Cox became the world's first licensed armless pilot in 2008. -
11.
"Aerogel" is the lightest solid material in the world. A silicon-based solid with a porous, 99% of its volume is empty space. -
12.
Texas has at least 200 ghost towns. -
13.
If the average NYC smoker gave up smoking and instead invested the money in the SandP500, they would earn $52,000 in the next 10 years. -
14.
Dinosaurs often swallowed large rocks. These rocks helped grind up the food in their stomachs. -
15.
In 2011, an anti Kim Jong Il grafitti was found in Pyongyang. They locked down the entire city for three days. -
16.
When penguin mothers lose a chick, they sometimes attempt to steal someone else's. -
17.
The smallest thing ever photographed is the shadow of an atom. -
18.
There's an experimental township in India called Auroville. There, citizens are from all over the world and there's no money or religion. -
19.
It took 1500 years to build Stonehenge. -
20.
In six hours, the world's deserts receive more energy from the sun than humans consume in a year. -
21.
Zippers became popular during the Great Depression, as buttons were expensive to manufacture. -
22.
There is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert. If you find it, you're allowed to use it. -
23.
The wars between Romans and Persians lasted about 721 years, making it the longest conflict in human history. -
24.
Scientist identify zebras by scanning their stripes -- kind of like a bar code. -
25.
A beach was literally stolen from Jamaica: 500 truckloads of sand are still missing to this day. -
26.
1 in 50,000 penguins are born brown instead of back. -
27.
Hawaii, Vermont, Alaska, and Maine have all banned billboards. -
28.
An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry. -
29.
Until 1950, weathermen were not allowed to talk about tornadoes on TV. -
30.
Crocodiles go through about 8,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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