Saturday, April 18, 2026

What amazed you today?

 

  • In North Korea and Cuba you cannot buy Coca-Cola.
  • The biggest commercial in history lasted 14 hours.
  • The Nike logo design cost $35
  • The entire world population can enter Los Angeles.
  • There are more tourists in France than in any other country.
  • You won't be able to stand the quietest place on Earth for more than 45 minutes.
  • Some of the smallest people live in Indonesia.
  • The quietest room in the world is located in Microsoft's offices in Washington state.
  • Four babies are born every second.
  • The letter "x" was primarily used to symbolize a kiss in 1763.
  • No one knows how William Shakespeare's name is actually spelled— and neither does he.
  • The longest word in English has 189,819 letters.
  • The word "SWIMS" always remains "SWIMS" when turned over. (ndt: swims= swim in the 3rd person singular in the simple present tense)
  • Japan is the country most prone to earthquakes.
  • South Sudan is the country with the youngest population.
  • More than 52% of the world's population is under 30 years old.
  • Facebook has more users than the population of the United States, China and Brazil combined.
  • About two people die every second.
  • Every day we take around 22,000 inspirations.
  • Air pollution now kills more people than tobacco.
  • The tomato is legally a vegetable.
  • Albert Einstein declined the presidency of Israel.
  • The flag of the United States of America was designed by a high school student.
  • The trailers were originally released after the film.
  • Potato chips cause you to gain more weight than any other food.
  • Cell phones are full of bacteria.
  • Bees can detect bombs.
  • Honey does not expire.
  • One 18-inch pizza (45.72 cm) contains more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas (30 cm)
  • There are more people living in Bangladesh than in Russia.
  • If Facebook were a country, it would have a billion more inhabitants than China.