50 Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

                       

Hey Guys, and Welcome Back!

     I like to be surprised from time to time. And I don't mean like "scared" surprised, but you know that moment when you're just mind blown from a factoid? Well, I sure do, and to share that "aha!" feeling, I present you a fifty item list that will make your head explode.

         

1. The last man to walk on the moon, Gene Carnan, promised his daughter he would write her initials on the moon. He did, and her initials, "TDC," will probably be on the moon for thousands of years
2. The Mimi Octopus can not only change colors, but will mimic the shapes of other animals, like the flounder, lion fish, and sea snakes. (Thank you Octonauts)
3. A traffic jam lasted for more than 10 days, with cars only moving 0.6 miles a day
4. Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" to win a bet against his publisher who thought he couldn't complete a book with only 50 words
5. A human will eat an average 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while sleep

 6.   Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep them from drifting apart

 7.   A humming bird weighs less than a penny

 8.  Cows have best friends

 9.  It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking at once, to completely drain the average human        of blood

10. Honey does not spoil. You could easily eat 3,000 year old honey

11. The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year

12. If you force yourself to not sneeze, you could rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die

13. Norway knighted a penguin

14. The voices of Minnie and Mickey mouse got married in real life

15. When playing with female puppies, male puppies will let them win, even if they have a physical advantage

16. Squirrels plant thousands of trees each year, by simply forgetting where they put their acorns

17. You are 1% shorter in the evening than in the morning

18. It would take 1,000 years to watch every video on YouTube

19. 1 in 10 European babies sleeps in an Ikea bed

20. You can't hum while holding your nose

21. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

22. An octopus has three hearts

23. The YKK on your zipper stands for "Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha

24. Vending machines are twice as likely to kill you as a shark is

25. A strawberry isn't a berry, but a banana is

26. The toy Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts

27. Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun from the time it was discovered and declassified as a planet.

28. If you're over 100 years old, there's an 80% percent chance you are woman.

29. It has been scientifically proven, that if you stroke cats, your blood pressure lowers 

30. Chewing gum boosts your brain power

31. A diary cow can produce more milk when listening to music

32. There are about 255 babies born every minute

33. A baby octopus is about the size of a flee when born

34. For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers, it doesn't hurt

35. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out

36. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

37. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out

38. Banging your head against a wall burns 125 calories every hour

39. If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground, it can't hop

40. About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments every year

41. A Mantis Shrimp can punch at 80 kilometers per hour

42. A small child can swim in the blue veins of a whale

43. You cannot snore and dream at the same time

44. The total weight of all the ants on earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth

45. Donald Duck Comics were once banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants

46. A person will create enough saliva to fill two average size swimming pools during his lifetime

47. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond

48. A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over

49. The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

50. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

Well, that concludes the list of the week. Thank you for reading, and have a great day!

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