Fun facts

1. Life on Earth is estimated to be around 3.5 to 3.8 billion years old.

2. Humans share about 50% of their DNA with bananas.

3. Your taste buds have a lifespan of about 10 to 14 days.

4. The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.

5. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have even found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.

5. Your brain generates about 20 watts of electrical power while you're awake, enough to power a dim light bulb.

6. Octopuses have three hearts: two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.

7. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."

8. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.

9. Your taste for spicy food is linked to your personality; those who enjoy it tend to be risk-takers.

10. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.

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

12. The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which can weigh less than a penny.

13. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to the expansion of iron in the heat.

14. An adult human is made up of approximately 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.

15. Dolphins have been known to give each other names and can call out to specific dolphins using their unique "signature whistles."

16. The average person will spend about 25 years of their life asleep.

18. Bees can recognize human faces.

23. High heels were first designed for men.

19. A group of crows is known as a "murder."

20  . Every year, the Netherlands sends 20,000 tulip bulbs to Canada as a thank-you for their assistance during World War II.

21. During the late 1800s a baboon was employed by the railroad as a single man. He never once made a mistake and worked for the railroad until it's death.

22. It is easy to calculate a tip without a calculator.

24. Dishwashers need washing too.

25. Women have more pain receptors than men.