1. The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
2. A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
3. Wombat poop is cube-shaped.
4. The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.
5. Cows have best friends.
6. The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
7. Honey never spoils; pots found in ancient tombs are over 3,000 years old.
8. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
9. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller in the summer due to iron expansion.
10. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 1950.
11. Octopuses have three hearts.
12. Armadillos can contract leprosy.
13. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
14. Polar bear skin is black, and their fur is translucent, not white.
15. Wearing headphones for an hour increases bacteria in the ear by 700 times.
16. The longest English word without a vowel is "rhythms."
17. The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson.
18. The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
19. The smell of freshly-cut grass is a plant distress call.
20. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.
21. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung used by ancient Egyptians.
22. The world's largest desert is Antarctica.
23. The inventor of the frisbee, Walter Morrison, was turned into a frisbee after death.
24. A "butt" was a medieval unit of measure for wine.
25. The world's largest pizza measured 13,580.28 square feet.
26. The average person will eat around 70,000 meals in their lifetime.
27. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
28. The world's oldest known joke dates back to 1900 BC Sumeria.
29. The only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table is the letter "J."
30. A cat's nose print is unique, much like a human fingerprint.
Sure, here are ten intriguing random facts:
1. **Octopuses have three hearts:** Two pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body.
2. **The shortest war lasted 38 minutes:** It was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896.
3. **A day on Venus is longer than a year:** Venus rotates so slowly that its day (one full rotation) is longer than its year (one orbit around the Sun).
4. **Honey never spoils:** Archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that is over 3,000 years old.
5. **The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller in the summer:** Due to thermal expansion, the iron structure expands when it heats up.
6. **Penguins propose with pebbles:** Male penguins search for the smoothest pebble to present to their intended mate as a token of affection.
7. **The world's oldest known recipe is for beer:** It's over 4,000 years old and was discovered in a Sumerian poem.
8. **The human brain is 60% fat:** It's one of the fattiest organs in the body.
9. **Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not:** In botanical terms, berries have seeds inside and are derived from a single flower.
10. **Maine is the only state in the United States that shares its border with only one other state (New Hampshire).**
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