Often, we hear things that sound like the truth but are, with a little research, shown to be a lie. But this time, we decided to approach things from the other way round — and the results were much more interesting.
Here are 16 surprising facts which prove that the world is not always what it seems.
Benjamin Franklin was never the US president
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It’s illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway
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In Greece, Santa Claus is called Agios Vassilis
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If there are 23 people in a room, then there is a 50% chance that two of those people have a birthday on the same date.
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Neanderthals had bigger brains than humans.
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Mankind managed to land on the moon before it invented luggage on wheels.
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When the pyramids were being constructed in Egypt, mammoths still roamed the Earth.
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Laziness is an inherited characteristic.
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The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.
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Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.
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Nintendo was founded more than 120 years ago — in 1889.
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If you drill through the Earth and jump into the hole, you’ll end up on the other side in 42 minutes
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The Titanic cost $7.5 million to build. The movie about the famous ship cost $200 million to make.
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70% of all oxygen on Earth is produced by phytoplankton.
Diamond rain falls on Saturn and Jupiter.
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Swearing has the same effect on the human body as a painkiller.
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