Imagine waiting for the green light for 6 months!

 


  • The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after the British Navy bombarded the country's palace.
  • Honeybees can recognize human faces. They use a technique called configural processing, similar to how humans identify faces.
  • The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887.
  • The invention of the chainsaw was originally for childbirth, not cutting trees. It was developed in the late 18th century to help with difficult childbirths by widening the pelvic area.
  • A day on Venus is longer than its year. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
  • The first oranges weren't orange - they were green. The color orange was named after the fruit, and not the other way around.
  • The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green.
  • Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't. Botanically speaking, berries are fruits that develop from a single flower with one ovary - like bananas, tomatoes, and kiwis.
  • Russia and America are only 2.4 miles apart at their closest point. The distance is between two islands in the Bering Strait.
  • Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes underwater and are actually strong swimmers.

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