Witty
Trivia

◆ Honey never spoils — 3,000-year-old jars were found still edible ◆ Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood ◆ A day on Venus is longer than its year ◆ There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way ◆ Bananas are berries — strawberries are not ◆ The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes ◆ Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the Great Pyramid ◆ A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance" ◆ Scotland's national animal is the unicorn ◆ The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one ◆ Wombat poop is cube-shaped ◆ The Eiffel Tower grows about 6 inches in summer due to heat expansion ◆ Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated ◆ The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents ◆ Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire ◆ A jiffy is an actual unit of time — 1/100th of a second ◆ The total weight of ants on Earth roughly equals the weight of all humans ◆ Saturn would float if you found a bathtub big enough ◆ Sharks are older than trees ◆ A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun ◆ The dot over the letters "i" and "j" is called a tittle ◆ Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth ◆ There's a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court building ◆ Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart ◆ The average person walks about 100,000 miles in a lifetime ◆ Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins — up to 40 minutes ◆ Apples float because they're 25% air ◆ Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company ◆ A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds ◆ Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas ◆ Armadillos almost always give birth to identical quadruplets ◆ The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss ◆ A flock of crows is called a "murder" ◆ Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise ◆ Peanuts aren't nuts — they're legumes ◆ The longest hiccupping spree lasted 68 years ◆ Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa ◆ An octopus has nine brains — one central and one in each arm ◆ Astronauts grow up to 2 inches taller in space ◆ The Great Wall of China is held together with sticky rice ◆ Elephants are the only animal that can't jump ◆ The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby" ◆ Hot water freezes faster than cold water — the Mpemba effect ◆ There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones ◆ The unicorn is mentioned in the King James Bible nine times ◆ Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day ◆ Avocados are toxic to birds ◆ Dumbledore's full name has 11 words in it ◆ J.K. Rowling considered killing Ron Weasley halfway through the series ◆ The Sorting Hat was originally going to be a talking gargoyle ◆ Michael Scott's "That's what she said" is used 37 times in The Office ◆ Dwight Schrute's desk was auctioned for over $30,000 after the show ended ◆ Steve Carell was not the first choice for Michael Scott — Bob Odenkirk almost got it ◆ The Parks and Rec pilot was shot in the same building as The Office ◆ Ron Swanson's meat obsession was inspired by Nick Offerman's real life ◆ Lil Sebastian was played by a miniature horse named Gideon ◆ Zeus once turned into a swan to seduce a mortal — Greek myths are wild ◆ Athena was born fully grown from Zeus's forehead ◆ The Minotaur lived in a labyrinth designed by Daedalus on Crete ◆ Jack the Ripper was never officially identified ◆ D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane in 1971 and was never found ◆ The Zodiac Killer's 340 cipher wasn't cracked until 2020 ◆ Maleficent was only on screen for about 8 minutes in Sleeping Beauty ◆ Scar from The Lion King was originally going to be a rogue baboon ◆ Ursula from The Little Mermaid was modeled after the drag queen Divine ◆ Viggo Mortensen broke his toe kicking the orc helmet — that scream is real ◆ Sean Astin nearly drowned filming the final scene of Fellowship of the Ring ◆ The One Ring inscription is Black Speech — Tolkien hated writing in it ◆ The first modern Olympics in 1896 had only 14 countries competing ◆ Olympic gold medals are actually 92.5% silver with gold plating ◆ Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900 to 1920 ◆ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created for a Montgomery Ward ad in 1939 ◆ "Jingle Bells" was originally written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas ◆ The tradition of Christmas trees came from 16th-century Germany ◆ Halloween candy sales in the U.S. top $3 billion every year ◆ The word "witch" comes from the Old English "wicce" meaning wise woman ◆ Jack-o'-lanterns were originally carved from turnips in Ireland ◆ A baseball has exactly 108 stitches ◆ The NBA three-point line is 23 feet 9 inches from the basket ◆ A regulation NFL football is nicknamed "The Duke" after Wellington Mara ◆ "Here's looking at you, kid" was improvised by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca ◆ The famous "I am your father" line is misquoted — it's actually "No, I am your father" ◆ "You're gonna need a bigger boat" was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider in Jaws ◆ Russia has 11 time zones — more than any other country ◆ Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined ◆ Australia is wider than the moon ◆ Alaska is simultaneously the most western, eastern, and northern U.S. state ◆ Rhode Island could fit inside Alaska about 425 times ◆ Kentucky has more bourbon barrels than people ◆ Shrek was originally voiced by Chris Farley before Mike Myers took over ◆ Lord Farquaad was modeled after Disney CEO Michael Eisner as a joke ◆ The Shrek franchise has grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide ◆ "Breaking Free" from High School Musical was recorded in one take by Zac Efron's singing double ◆ Zac Efron's singing was dubbed in HSM1 but he sang himself in HSM2 ◆ High School Musical was the most-watched Disney Channel Original Movie when it premiered ◆ A group of pugs is called a "grumble" ◆ The inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was destroyed in a fire ◆ A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days ◆ There are more possible chess games than atoms in the observable universe ◆ The national animal of North Korea is a winged horse called Chollima ◆ Greenland sharks can live over 400 years