There are many facts in this world that people are not aware of. Here are just 10 very strange facts that you might not have known before:
1- Ice pops were invented by an 11-year-old by accident.
A young boy by the name of Frank Epperson invented Ice pops by mixing some sugary soda powder with water and leaving it overnight.
2- Octopuses have three hearts.
One pumps blood around the body while the other two pump blood to the gills. This is because of the unusual composition of octopus blood. The hearts are all similar but are not close to each other on the body of the octopus.
3- Lobsters taste with their feet!
4- The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes.
This was the Anglo-Zanzibar war between the UK and the Zanzibar. The UK had control over Zanzibar, and when the Zanzibar Sultan died, they had to change the Sultan. The UK had a deal with Zanzibar that they had to agree on the next Sultan. Unfortunately, they ended up disagreeing on who it would be, and the UK General threatened Zanzibar, whose people just trapped themselves in a palace, leading the UK to destroying the palace and killing the Sultan.
5- Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant- 2700 kilograms average!
6- The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona.
Gustave Eiffel was thinking of Barcelona when he designed it but the Catalan capital did not approve of its construction due its to lack of adaptation to local aesthetic, thus, he was forced to place the project elsewhere.
7- The world’s largest waterfall is underwater.
It between Greenland and Iceland and is called the Denmark Strait Cataract. It is more than three times the height of Angel Falls, dropping water from a whopping 11500 feet.
8- The Statue of Liberty used to be a lighthouse.
It was built on November 22nd, 1886 by the American Electric Manufacturing Company by Ulysses Grant.
9- Some single-celled organisms are bigger than a wasp, such as the Gromia Sphaerica, the Spiculosiphon Oceana and the Syringammina Fragilissima.
10- British military tanks are now equipped to make tea.
During World War 2, France Tommy Tankers would leave their armoured to brew tea by the side of the road. One day, the British 22D Armoured Brigade stopped outside Caen for morning tea, all the time being eyed by four hastily-assembled German tigers. The tea party ended with the British losing 14 tanks, 9 half-tracks, 4 gun carriers and 2 anti-tank guns in 15 minutes. Since then, there has been a water boiler in every tank for preparation of tea and food.
