Useless Facts

Here are a couple of dozen amusing and seemingly useless facts for your enjoyment:

1. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
2. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
3. Octopuses have three hearts: two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
4. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time, equivalent to 1/100th of a second.
5. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
6. A "butterfly" in bowling is when a player leaves the 5, 7, and 10 pins standing.
7. Wombat feces are cube-shaped, making them stackable and less likely to roll away.
8. A group of owls is called a "parliament."
9. The world's largest sand island is Fraser Island in Australia.
10. The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years by Charles Osborne, starting in 1922 and ending in 1990.
11. The world's largest collection of rubber ducks is over 9,000.
12. "Uncopyrightable" is the only 15-letter word in the English language that cannot be spelled without repeating a letter.
13. Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
14. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
15. A "jiffy" in physics is approximately 33.3564 picoseconds.
16. The longest word in the English language without a vowel is "rhythms."
17. A group of pugs is called a "grumble."
18. The longest hiccuping spree in a person's lifetime was 68 years by Charles Osborne.
19. "E" is the most common letter and appears in about 13% of all English words.
20. "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only unhyphenated words with three consecutive double letters.
21. The shortest war in history was fought between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
22. A flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
23. Astronauts' height can change in space due to the lack of gravity. Some have reported growing up to 2 inches taller temporarily.
24. The longest English word you can type using only one row of a keyboard is "typewriter."

I hope you found these facts intriguing and entertaining!

Source: Some or all of the content was generated using an AI language model