List out 70 interesting facts.
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(1) The World's Oldest Hotel Has Been Operating Since 705 A.D.
The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi, Japan, holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest hotel in the world. The hot-spring hotel sits at the foot of the stunning Akaishi Mountains and has been in operation since it was founded by Fujiwara Mahito in 705 A.D. Since then, it's been in the hands of some 52 generations of the same family for more than 1,300 years.
(2). Yawning Cools Your Brain
Research conducted at the University of Vienna suggests that yawning may play an essential role in cooling our brains. But yawning to cool the brain is "not functional" when the outside temperature is as hot as the body, explained the study's lead author Jorg Massen. And if you're wondering: Yes, sleep deprivation does increase brain temperature, which could be a factor in why we yawn more when we're tired.
(3). It Takes 68 Days to Swim the Full Length of the Mississippi River
On July 4, 2002, marathon swimmer Martin Steel began a journey in northern Minnesota that saw him making his way down the 2,348-mile Mississippi River in an effort to become the first person to swim its entire length. On September 9, he reached his goal, ending up in the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana after an incredible 68-day journey. That's about 34.5 miles a day!
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1. The festive tradition of the Christmas tree dates back thousands of years to the Romans and Ancient Egyptians.
2. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bats in the world.
3. Bees are found everywhere in the world apart from Antarctica.
4. The average star is between 1 and 10 billion years old (although some are even older!)
5. It is illegal to stand within 90 metres of the Queen without socks on.
6. Australia has the most amount of reptiles in the world (over 750 different species!)
7. The Queen has two birthdays.
8. Tomatoes and avocados are actually fruits, not vegetables.
9. You might think that stars are all the same, but each star is a different colour depending on their temperature.
10. As well as having unique finger prints, we all have unique tongue prints.
11. Caterpillars have 12 eyes!
12. There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on a beach.
13. Horses and cows sleep standing up.
14. It would take only one hour to drive to space.
15. Slugs have four noses.
16. It is impossible to lick your own elbow.
17. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
18. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
19. Water covers 70% of Earth.
20. Most insects hatch from eggs.
21. The sun looks super close but it would take 70,000 years in our fastest spaceship to reach it.
22. Pigs can’t look up into the sky – it’s physically impossible.
23. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
24. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its whole brain.
25. Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.
26. About 70% of an adult’s body is water.
27. Your nose and ears continue growing for your entire life.
28. Dogs’ hearing is 10 times better than a human’s.
29. A dog’s nose is like a human finger print – unique to its owner.
30. Apples float on water!
31. Number four is the only one with the same amount of letters.
32. You can not talk and inhale or exhale at the same time… try it!
33. More than 480million people have played Monopoly.
34. Your heart is about the same size as your fist.
35. A Tiger’s skin is striped, like it’s fur.
36. Frogs drink water through their skin.
37. A pet hamster can run up to 8 miles a night on a wheel.
38. Monkeys can go bald in old age, just like humans.
39. No word in the dictionary rhyme with the word orange.
40. The opposite sides of the dice always add up to seven.
41. An average yawn lasts six seconds.
42. Dogs can smell 100,000 times better than humans.
43. Most fish don’t have eyelids.
44. Only male toads croak.
45. Owls can’t move their eyeballs
46. There is a tree called the Idiot Fruit, it grows in Australia’s Daintree rainforest
47. When you grow up you’ll have 32 teeth
48. Every step you take uses 200 different muscles in the body.
49. There may have been four different Ice Ages, where the world was completely covered in ice, not just one.
50. A group of frogs is called an army.
51. It won’t be possible to walk on planets like Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn or Uranus as they don’t have a solid surface and are made of gases mostly.
52. A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the sun.
53. A prawn or shrimp’s heart is in their heads.
54. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
55. A jar of Nutella sells every 2.5 seconds.
56. The world’s tallest man was Robert Wadlow from Michigan, America. He measured 8 feet and 2 inches (or 272cm).
57. Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
58. ‘Arachibutyrophobia’ is the fear of getting peanut bar stuck to the roof of your mouth.
59. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
60. All babies are born with blue eyes.
61. The world’s heaviest carrot grown by Christopher Qualley in the USA weighed 10.7kg (or 22.44 lb).
62. French fries originated in Belgium, not France.
63. Emperor penguins can last 27 minutes underwater and can dive as deep as 500m.
64. The human nose can detect and recognise three trillion different scents.
65. Octopuses have blue blood and nine brains.
66.McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
67. Scotland has 421 words for “snow”
68. Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple
69. Cows don’t have upper front teeth
70. Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy