💫The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes

💫The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.

💫Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.

💫The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

💫The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion of the iron.

💫The average person spends six months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green

💫Octopuses have three hearts.

💫There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.

💫Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them.

💫The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am."

💫The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old! It was found in Sweden.

💫The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call, produced by chemicals released when grass is damaged.

💫The shortest full-scale commercial flight lasts just 8 minutes, covering the 2.7 km distance between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.

💫The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

💫Honeybees can recognize human faces.A single cloud can weigh more than 1 million pounds.

💫The Great Wall of China is not a single continuous wall but a series of walls and fortifications built by various Chinese dynasties over centuries.

💫Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, grows about 4 millimeters taller each year due to tectonic plate movement.

💫The Pacific Ocean is so vast that all the world's continents could fit into it with room to spare.

💫The Sahara Desert is expanding at a rate of about 0.8 kilometers per month.

💫The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen.

💫There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

💫Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest freshwater lake in the world, reaching depths of over 1,600 meters.

💫The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest known point on Earth, reaching depths of about 11 kilometers.

💫The sun makes a full rotation once every 25 to 35 days at its equator, but it takes about 225 to 245 million years to complete one orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

💫The largest living structure on Earth is the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, stretching over 2,300 kilometers.