20 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know!

Here are 20 interesting facts you might not be aware of:

1. The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes. It occurred between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896.
2. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible.
3. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
4. Bananas are berries, while strawberries aren’t technically berries but rather an “aggregate fruit.”
5. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
6. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
7. The total weight of ants on Earth is comparable to the total weight of humans.
8. Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. The world’s largest desert is not the Sahara; it’s Antarctica.
11. The voice actors of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from the 1930s, Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, were married in real life.
12. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without aid.
13. Baby puffins are called pufflings.
14. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
15. Maine is the only U.S. state whose name is one syllable.
16. The first computer programmer was a woman named Ada Lovelace.
17. There are more possible iterations of a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
18. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
19. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
20. The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.