Did You Know?

 

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Christopher Peculiar 

Did you know that the shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, and lasted only 38 minutes?

Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds?

Did you know that “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”, the longest recorded word in the English language has 45 letters?

Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a bird is over 11,000 miles?

Did you know that Lettuce, peas, and sunflowers can survive in space?

Did you know that Elaine Esposito was in a coma for 37 years and 111 days, making it the longest recorded duration of a person living without a brain?

Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a plane is over 64,000 miles?

Did you know that the common octopus and giant Pacific octopus, which are the species of octopus that can solve puzzles?

Did you know that the longest time spent living in a cave is 500 days, achieved by Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini, who entered a cave outside Granada on November 20, 2021, and emerged on April 14, 2023?

Did you know that the name "Nigeria" was coined by the British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897?

Did you know that the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove in Nigeria is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the last remaining sacred groves in the country?

Did you know that Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the world?

Did you know that a person engaged in physical or mental Labor can lose up to 4 litres of fluid per day?

Did you know that before 1913,in united states, parents could mail their kids to Grandma’s through postal service?

Did you know that a Canadian Millionaire builds 99 tiny houses to reduce homelessness in his community?

Did you know that about 4000 Reindeer die in road accidents yearly in Finland, so they painted their antlers with reflective paints to make it easier for drivers to see at night?

Did you know that Greenland is the world's largest Island and largest Non-Continental landmass, spanning about 2.16Million Square kilometers. It is mostly covered by ice adm has a small population of around 57,000?