20 Amzaing and Fun fact



1. **Honey Never Spoils**  
   Archaeologists found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs over 3,000 years old!  

2. **Venus Spins Backward**  
   While most planets rotate counterclockwise, Venus spins *clockwise*—possibly due to an ancient collision.  

3. **Octopuses Have Three Hearts**  
   Two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. Their blood is *blue*!  

4. **A Cloud Can Weigh 1 Million Pounds**  
   The average cumulus cloud holds about 500 tons of water—equivalent to 100 elephants!  

5. **Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren’t**  
   Botanically, bananas qualify as berries, while strawberries (with seeds on the outside) do not.  

6. **Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Pyramids**  
   The Great Pyramids were built ~2560 BCE; Cleopatra reigned ~30 BCE; humans landed on the moon in 1969.  

7. **A Day on Venus Is Longer Than a Year**  
   Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once but only 225 days to orbit the Sun!  

8. **Crows Hold Grudges**  
   They recognize human faces and can warn other crows about "dangerous" people for years.  

9. **You Share 50% of Your DNA with Bananas**  
   All living things share common genetic building blocks from early evolution.  

10. **Denmark’s “Prison Island” Has a Cozy Reputation**  
    Østfængslet Prison lets inmates wear their own clothes, cook meals, and even cycle around the island.  

11. **Mount Everest Isn’t the Tallest Mountain**  
    Hawaii’s Mauna Kea is taller from base to peak (33,500 ft)—but most is underwater!  

12. **Wombats Poop Cubes**  
    Their unique intestines shape droppings into cubes to prevent rolling away—nature’s engineers!  

13. **A Group of Flamingos Is Called a “Flamboyance”**  
    Fitting for such vibrant, social birds!  

14. **Tardigrades Can Survive in Space**  
    These microscopic “water bears” withstand extreme radiation, vacuum, and temperatures.  

15. **The Eiffel Tower Grows in Summer**  
    Heat expands the iron structure, making it up to 6 inches taller on hot days!  

16. **There’s a Planet Made of Diamond**  
    Astronomers found 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth with a carbon interior that may crystallize into diamond.  

17. **Your Stomach Lining Replaces Itself Every 4 Days**  
    Otherwise, stomach acid would digest it!  

18. **The Shortest War in History Lasted 38 Minutes**  
    The Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) ended before lunch.  

19. **A Neutrino Could Pass Through 100 Light-Years of Lead Unstopped**  
    These subatomic particles barely interact with matter—trillions pass through you every second!  

20. **Sharks Are Older Than Trees**  
    Sharks appeared ~400 million years ago; trees evolved ~350 million years ago.  

BONUS: **Scotland’s National Animal is the Unicorn** 🦄 (since the 12th century!).  

Which fact shocked you most? 😄

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