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Most fruits are categorized in a way that it's surprising to people. How is a pineapple categorized? To most people's surprises, a pineapple is a berry.
What fruit has the highest calories? Avocados. They have the highest calories, at 167 calories per hundred grams.
World's smartest dogs are border collie; poodle; and golden retriever.
Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water. Share your odd facts on Factpark.com.
Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
Christopher Michael Langan (born c. 1952) is an American autodidact whose IQ was reported to have been measured at between 195 and 210.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is a strongman competitor. He has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other strongman competitor, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.
The world's smallest state, the Vatican city is 0.2 square miles and has a population of 770. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics. The Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
The tallest man-made structure is Burj Dubai, a skyscraper under construction in Dubai that reached 818 m (2,684 ft) in height on 17 January 2009.
Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buying back the bonds on which they are based.
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The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. The largest blue whale caught was a 110-foot female.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is a strongman competitor. He has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other strongman competitor, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.
The world's smallest state, the Vatican city is 0.2 square miles and has a population of 770. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics. The Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
Charles Osborne had hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra.
Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
7 out of 10 people believe in life after death in the world.
Madam Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
Why fish is served with a slice of lemon? It is a traditional rooted in the Middle ages to serve fish with a slice of lemon. People believed that the lemon's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.
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Mariusz Pudzianowski is a strongman competitor. He has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other strongman competitor, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.
The tallest man-made structure is Burj Dubai, a skyscraper under construction in Dubai that reached 818 m (2,684 ft) in height on 17 January 2009.
It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth. Share and read fun facts, interesting facts, random facts, and amusing facts about animal, people, and places on FactPark.com.
Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant materials. Share animal facts on FactPark.com.
Ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.
Uncopyrightable is the only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter. Share and learn interesting and fun facts on FactPark.com
Why fish is served with a slice of lemon? It is a traditional rooted in the Middle ages to serve fish with a slice of lemon. People believed that the lemon's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.
The average human's body contains enough carbon to make 800 pencils. Share fun facts on FactPark.com.
Sharks have the most powerful jaws on the planet. Both the sharks' upper and lower jaws move.
A shark can grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime. Share animal facts on FactPark.com.
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Christopher Michael Langan (born c. 1952) is an American autodidact whose IQ was reported to have been measured at between 195 and 210.
The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes. Share random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts about people, science, places, and animals on FactPark.com.
Einstein never learned how to drive a car. Learn facts about people on FactPark.com - fun facts, random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts.
The fuel in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet is enough to drive an average car four times around the world. Share fun facts on FactPark.com
The sun shrinks five feet every hour. Share random, interesting, fun, odd, and amusing facts on FactPark.com.
In 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff successfully grafted monkey testicles onto human males. Share odd facts on FactPark.com.
Why fish is served with a slice of lemon? It is a traditional rooted in the Middle ages to serve fish with a slice of lemon. People believed that the lemon's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.
The average human's body contains enough carbon to make 800 pencils. Share fun facts on FactPark.com.
Sharks have the most powerful jaws on the planet. Both the sharks' upper and lower jaws move.
A shark can grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime. Share animal facts on FactPark.com.
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The Worlds Smallest Country
The world's smallest state, the Vatican city is 0.2 square miles and has a population of 770. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics. The Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
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It is believed that when the Goths defeated Rome in 410, they demanded a ransom of 3,000 pounds of pepper, along with other valuables such as silk.
The first published English novel was writtn by Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, (written in 1470 and published 1485).
Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
During the middle ages, peppercorns were accepted in lieu of money for dowries, rent and taxes.
The short term memory number capacity for most people is between five and nine digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to seven digits.
One of the first roller coasters was in France in 1817 - Les Montagnes Russes à Belleville (Russian Mountains of Belleville) - the train axle was attached to the track by way of a carved groove.
Googol has 100 zeros. Now you know where "Google" came from.
Random fact about cats: they sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
7 out of 10 people believe in life after death in the world.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.