24 Real Facts That Are Hard To Believe

Peter Pizagalli Published 07/15/2014

Odd and random pieces of information you probably did not know.

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1.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
2.
A strawberry is NOT a berry
3.
An octopus has three hearts
4.
Apparently there are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos
5.
Armadillos almost always give birth to quadruplets
6.
For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million ants
7.
France was still executing people by guillotine when Star Wars A New Hope hit theaters
8.
John Tyler, the 10th president of the US, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
9.
Maine is the closest US state to Africa
10.
Your chances of being kllled by a vending machine are actually twice as large as your chance of being bitten by a shark
11.
New York City is farther south than Rome, Italy
12.
There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of liquid
13.
Nintendo was originally a trading card company
14.
On Jupiter and Saturn it rains diamonds
15.
Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto
16.
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn
17.
Shakespeare made up the name Jessica for his play Merchant of Venice
18.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months
19.
The total weight of all those ants, however, is about the same as all the humans
20.
There are 10 times more bacteria in your body than actual body cells
21.
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world
22.
Nowhere in the Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme does it say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg
23.
There is only one country between North Korea and Norway
24.
A banana IS a berry

1.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
2.
A strawberry is NOT a berry
3.
An octopus has three hearts
4.
Apparently there are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos
5.
Armadillos almost always give birth to quadruplets
6.
For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million ants
7.
France was still executing people by guillotine when Star Wars A New Hope hit theaters
8.
John Tyler, the 10th president of the US, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
9.
Maine is the closest US state to Africa
10.
Your chances of being kllled by a vending machine are actually twice as large as your chance of being bitten by a shark
11.
New York City is farther south than Rome, Italy
12.
There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of liquid
13.
Nintendo was originally a trading card company
14.
On Jupiter and Saturn it rains diamonds
15.
Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto
16.
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn
17.
Shakespeare made up the name Jessica for his play Merchant of Venice
18.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months
19.
The total weight of all those ants, however, is about the same as all the humans
20.
There are 10 times more bacteria in your body than actual body cells
21.
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world
22.
Nowhere in the Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme does it say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg
23.
There is only one country between North Korea and Norway
24.
A banana IS a berry