Random Facts That Most People Don’t Know

3.14 backwards spells PIE

Headphones plugged into a computer microphone jack will act as a microphone.

The YKK on your zipper stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha.

Coconuts kill 150 people every year. More than sharks.

The best hangman word is “Sphynx.” (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y).

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.

The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.

If you write chump in cursive, it also says chump upside down.

The word “Facetiously” has every vowel. In order.

1 out of every 300 car accidents in Canada involve a moose.

Roughly a third of people can force a sneeze by looking into a bright light (Photic sneeze reflex).

Algae in the world’s oceans provide far more of our oxygen than do trees on land.

If you were to drill a hole through any 2 points on Earth and fall through, it would take you 42.2 minutes to get to the other side.

The word bed looks like a bed.

All the numbers in a roulette table add up to 666.

The turtle‘s shell (carapace) is really its ribs.

Goats have rectangular pupils.

Vikings never wore horns.

Laser is an acronym. It stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.