40 FASCINATING FACTS YOU LIKELY HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE

1. Snails have the ability to sleep for three years.

2. All polar bears exhibit left-handedness.

3. Pigs are physically incapable of looking up at the sky.

4. The hydra, an aquatic creature, possesses the remarkable ability to regenerate endlessly by replacing its cells with fresh ones.

5. Elephants stand out as the only animals that cannot jump.

6. Originally, Coca-Cola was green due to the presence of fresh cocoa leaves.

7. Honey is the only food item that never spoils.

8. Strawberries are distinctive fruits with their seeds on the outside.

9. Among vegetables, only two perennial varieties, asparagus and rhubarb, can produce for multiple growing seasons without needing to be replanted annually.

10. A golf ball is adorned with 366 dimples.

11. There exist a staggering 318,979,564,000 potential ways to make the first four moves in a game of chess, per side.

12. Surprisingly, the bulletproof vest was invented by a pizza delivery driver from Detroit, USA, after he survived being shot twice while on the job.

13. Boxing stands as the only sport where neither the spectators nor the participants are aware of the score or the winner until the contest concludes.

14. Each king in a standard deck of playing cards represents a renowned historical king: Spades – King David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne, Diamonds – Julius Caesar.

15.T he most widely used name in the world is Mohammed.

16. Interestingly, all the continents have names that begin and end with the same letter.

17. If a statue depicts a person on a horse with both front legs in the air, it signifies that the person died in battle.

18. Alternatively, if the horse has one front leg raised, it symbolizes that the person died from wounds received in battle.

19. In the case where the horse has all four legs on the ground, it represents that the person died of natural causes.

20. Remarkably, Mao Zedong of China never brushed his teeth throughout his lifetime.

21. At the time of her death in 1762, Elizabeth I of Russia had an astonishing 15,000 dresses in her closets.

22. Randy Gardner from San Diego holds the record for the longest period without sleep, lasting 11 days in 1965. He surpassed Peter Tripp from New York, who previously set a record of 8.5 days without sleep.

23. Typically, right-handed individuals engage the left side of their brain for most of their conscious, voluntary activities.

24. The tongue is the body's strongest muscle.

25. Women blink nearly twice as often as men do!

26. Holding your breath cannot lead to self-harm or death.

27. It is an impossible feat to lick your own elbow.

28. Similar to fingerprints, each person's tongue has a unique print.

29. Excessive sneezing can potentially result in a rib fracture.

30. Attempting to suppress a sneeze may lead to the rupture of a blood vessel in your head or neck, which could be fatal.

31. On average, a person consumes 60,000 pounds of food throughout their lifetime.

32. The average person spends approximately 24 years of their life sleeping.

33. An average woman ingests 6 lbs. of lipstick in her lifetime.

34. Sitting and talking on the phone for eight hours burns 914 calories, while driving a car for the same duration burns about 1,219 calories. Standing in a casino for eight hours can result in burning approximately 1,402 calories.

35. The liquid found inside young coconuts can serve as a substitute for blood plasma.

36. You burn more calories while sleeping than you do while watching television.

37. Wrigley's gum was the first product to feature a bar code.

38. The King of Hearts is the only king in a standard deck of cards without a mustache.

39. Apples, rather than caffeine, are more effective at waking you up in the morning.

40. The majority of dust particles in your house consist of dead skin cells.