31 Facts That Are Hard to Believe

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Just because it’s hard to believe something, doesn’t mean it’s not true. These facts are the perfect conversation starter or conversation ruiner, depending on how much of a sense of wonderment the person you’re talking to has.

They range from the very small to the very large, so there should be something for everybody here. If you were wondering how much radiation you’d get from eating one hundred bananas, just scroll and read on. You’re in the right place.

Take a break from whatever you’re doing and prepare to boggle your mind with these crazy facts.

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1. Valuable Aluminum
In the mid-1880’s, aluminum was more valuable than gold.
2. Ancient Mortality Rates
43% of all people born before 1800 died before the age of 5.
3. Whale Tongue
Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale’s tongue.
4. Infinite Pi
Pi is a number that goes on forever. But it’s still less than 4.
5. Pluto’s Long Orbit
From the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was declared no longer a planet, it still had not made one complete revolution around the sun.
6. The Size of Dust
A speck of dust is halfway between the size of the Earth and an atom.
7. Upside Down Vision
Our eyes see everything upside down and our brain flips it so it makes sense to us. If you wear special glasses that flip everything upside down, your brain will eventually get used to it and flip it right side up for you.
8. Ocean Oxygen
The majority of oxygen on the planet comes from plants in the ocean.
9. Microwave Shielding
The black mesh on the front of microwaves works by physically blocking the waves. The waves are so big they can’t fit through the holes.
10. Tight Squeeze
A 600-pound octopus can squeeze itself through a hole the size of a quarter.
11. Tie Your Laces
Your shoelaces come undone when you walk because the knot is subject to 7 G’s of force with every step you take.
12. No Knees
Babies don’t have kneecaps.
13. Alien Telescope
If an advanced alien species on a planet 80 million light years away from Earth looked at our planet through a telescope, they would be seeing dinosaurs right now.
14. Life After Decapitation
Your head can live without your body for up to 15 seconds.
15. A Trillion Seconds
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
16. Advanced Monkeys
Monkeys have entered the Stone Age.
17. Deck of Cards
There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
18. Sharks Are Really Old
Sharks are older than trees.
19. The Pyramids are Ancient
When the Pyramids were built, there were still woolly mammoths walking the Earth.
20. Lots of Water
There are eight times as many atoms in a teaspoon of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
21. The Sun Is Massive
About 99.85% of all the mass in our solar system is found in the Sun.
22. T. Rex and Stegosaurus
The gap between T. Rex and Stegosaurus is about 16 million years greater than the gap between T. Rex and present day.
23. Beetle Bag
If you put one of every animal in a bag and then pick one at random, you have a one in five chance of picking a beetle.
24. Caterpillar Soup
Inside their cocoons, caterpillars basically dissolve into liquid. The only remaining part is a group of cells called the ‘imaginal disc’ that contains all the information and mechanism to transform the liquid into a butterfly. Caterpillars even retain memories through this process.
25. Girls Might Be Smarter
Male infants tend to have larger brain volumes, but after adjusting for brain size, female infants have more grey matter.
26. Sound in Water
Sound travels four times faster through water than through air.
27. Radioactive Bananas
Potassium, found in bananas, contains a small amount of radioactivity. Eating 100 bananas would cause the same amount of radiation exposure as you get from natural background radiation each day.
28. The Powerhouse of the Cell
Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, used to be their own organisms that eventually integrated into cells.
29. The Scale of Atoms
If you were to remove all the empty space between and within the atoms in every living human being, we would all fit into a space roughly equivalent to a sugar cube.
30. Diamond Rain
It rains diamonds inside Jupiter, Saturn, and other gas giants.
31. French Guillotines
France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.

1. Valuable Aluminum
In the mid-1880’s, aluminum was more valuable than gold.
2. Ancient Mortality Rates
43% of all people born before 1800 died before the age of 5.
3. Whale Tongue
Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale’s tongue.
4. Infinite Pi
Pi is a number that goes on forever. But it’s still less than 4.
5. Pluto’s Long Orbit
From the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was declared no longer a planet, it still had not made one complete revolution around the sun.
6. The Size of Dust
A speck of dust is halfway between the size of the Earth and an atom.
7. Upside Down Vision
Our eyes see everything upside down and our brain flips it so it makes sense to us. If you wear special glasses that flip everything upside down, your brain will eventually get used to it and flip it right side up for you.
8. Ocean Oxygen
The majority of oxygen on the planet comes from plants in the ocean.
9. Microwave Shielding
The black mesh on the front of microwaves works by physically blocking the waves. The waves are so big they can’t fit through the holes.
10. Tight Squeeze
A 600-pound octopus can squeeze itself through a hole the size of a quarter.
11. Tie Your Laces
Your shoelaces come undone when you walk because the knot is subject to 7 G’s of force with every step you take.
12. No Knees
Babies don’t have kneecaps.
13. Alien Telescope
If an advanced alien species on a planet 80 million light years away from Earth looked at our planet through a telescope, they would be seeing dinosaurs right now.
14. Life After Decapitation
Your head can live without your body for up to 15 seconds.
15. A Trillion Seconds
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
16. Advanced Monkeys
Monkeys have entered the Stone Age.
17. Deck of Cards
There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.
18. Sharks Are Really Old
Sharks are older than trees.
19. The Pyramids are Ancient
When the Pyramids were built, there were still woolly mammoths walking the Earth.
20. Lots of Water
There are eight times as many atoms in a teaspoon of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
21. The Sun Is Massive
About 99.85% of all the mass in our solar system is found in the Sun.
22. T. Rex and Stegosaurus
The gap between T. Rex and Stegosaurus is about 16 million years greater than the gap between T. Rex and present day.
23. Beetle Bag
If you put one of every animal in a bag and then pick one at random, you have a one in five chance of picking a beetle.
24. Caterpillar Soup
Inside their cocoons, caterpillars basically dissolve into liquid. The only remaining part is a group of cells called the ‘imaginal disc’ that contains all the information and mechanism to transform the liquid into a butterfly. Caterpillars even retain memories through this process.
25. Girls Might Be Smarter
Male infants tend to have larger brain volumes, but after adjusting for brain size, female infants have more grey matter.
26. Sound in Water
Sound travels four times faster through water than through air.
27. Radioactive Bananas
Potassium, found in bananas, contains a small amount of radioactivity. Eating 100 bananas would cause the same amount of radiation exposure as you get from natural background radiation each day.
28. The Powerhouse of the Cell
Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, used to be their own organisms that eventually integrated into cells.
29. The Scale of Atoms
If you were to remove all the empty space between and within the atoms in every living human being, we would all fit into a space roughly equivalent to a sugar cube.
30. Diamond Rain
It rains diamonds inside Jupiter, Saturn, and other gas giants.
31. French Guillotines
France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.

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1. Valuable Aluminum In the mid-1880’s, aluminum was more valuable than gold.

2. Ancient Mortality Rates 43% of all people born before 1800 died before the age of 5.

3. Whale Tongue Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale’s tongue.

4. Infinite Pi Pi is a number that goes on forever. But it’s still less than 4.

5. Pluto’s Long Orbit From the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was declared no longer a planet, it still had not made one complete revolution around the sun.

6. The Size of Dust A speck of dust is halfway between the size of the Earth and an atom.

7. Upside Down Vision Our eyes see everything upside down and our brain flips it so it makes sense to us. If you wear special glasses that flip everything upside down, your brain will eventually get used to it and flip it right side up for you.

8. Ocean Oxygen The majority of oxygen on the planet comes from plants in the ocean.

9. Microwave Shielding The black mesh on the front of microwaves works by physically blocking the waves. The waves are so big they can’t fit through the holes.

10. Tight Squeeze A 600-pound octopus can squeeze itself through a hole the size of a quarter.

11. Tie Your Laces Your shoelaces come undone when you walk because the knot is subject to 7 G’s of force with every step you take.

12. No Knees Babies don’t have kneecaps.

13. Alien Telescope If an advanced alien species on a planet 80 million light years away from Earth looked at our planet through a telescope, they would be seeing dinosaurs right now.

14. Life After Decapitation Your head can live without your body for up to 15 seconds.

15. A Trillion Seconds A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.

16. Advanced Monkeys Monkeys have entered the Stone Age.

17. Deck of Cards There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.

18. Sharks Are Really Old Sharks are older than trees.

19. The Pyramids are Ancient When the Pyramids were built, there were still woolly mammoths walking the Earth.

20. Lots of Water There are eight times as many atoms in a teaspoon of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

21. The Sun Is Massive About 99.85% of all the mass in our solar system is found in the Sun.

22. T. Rex and Stegosaurus The gap between T. Rex and Stegosaurus is about 16 million years greater than the gap between T. Rex and present day.

23. Beetle Bag If you put one of every animal in a bag and then pick one at random, you have a one in five chance of picking a beetle.

25. Girls Might Be Smarter Male infants tend to have larger brain volumes, but after adjusting for brain size, female infants have more grey matter.

26. Sound in Water Sound travels four times faster through water than through air.

27. Radioactive Bananas Potassium, found in bananas, contains a small amount of radioactivity. Eating 100 bananas would cause the same amount of radiation exposure as you get from natural background radiation each day.

28. The Powerhouse of the Cell Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, used to be their own organisms that eventually integrated into cells.

29. The Scale of Atoms If you were to remove all the empty space between and within the atoms in every living human being, we would all fit into a space roughly equivalent to a sugar cube.

30. Diamond Rain It rains diamonds inside Jupiter, Saturn, and other gas giants.

31. French Guillotines France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.

1. Valuable Aluminum

2. Ancient Mortality Rates

3. Whale Tongue

4. Infinite Pi

5. Pluto’s Long Orbit

6. The Size of Dust

7. Upside Down Vision

8. Ocean Oxygen

9. Microwave Shielding

10. Tight Squeeze

11. Tie Your Laces

12. No Knees

13. Alien Telescope

14. Life After Decapitation

15. A Trillion Seconds

16. Advanced Monkeys

17. Deck of Cards

18. Sharks Are Really Old

19. The Pyramids are Ancient

20. Lots of Water

21. The Sun Is Massive

22. T. Rex and Stegosaurus

23. Beetle Bag

24. Caterpillar Soup

25. Girls Might Be Smarter

26. Sound in Water

27. Radioactive Bananas

28. The Powerhouse of the Cell

29. The Scale of Atoms

30. Diamond Rain

31. French Guillotines

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1. Valuable Aluminum
In the mid-1880’s, aluminum was more valuable than gold.

2. Ancient Mortality Rates
43% of all people born before 1800 died before the age of 5.

3. Whale Tongue
Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale’s tongue.

4. Infinite Pi
Pi is a number that goes on forever. But it’s still less than 4.

5. Pluto’s Long Orbit
From the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was declared no longer a planet, it still had not made one complete revolution around the sun.

6. The Size of Dust
A speck of dust is halfway between the size of the Earth and an atom.

7. Upside Down Vision
Our eyes see everything upside down and our brain flips it so it makes sense to us. If you wear special glasses that flip everything upside down, your brain will eventually get used to it and flip it right side up for you.

8. Ocean Oxygen
The majority of oxygen on the planet comes from plants in the ocean.

9. Microwave Shielding
The black mesh on the front of microwaves works by physically blocking the waves. The waves are so big they can’t fit through the holes.

10. Tight Squeeze
A 600-pound octopus can squeeze itself through a hole the size of a quarter.

11. Tie Your Laces
Your shoelaces come undone when you walk because the knot is subject to 7 G’s of force with every step you take.

12. No Knees
Babies don’t have kneecaps.

13. Alien Telescope
If an advanced alien species on a planet 80 million light years away from Earth looked at our planet through a telescope, they would be seeing dinosaurs right now.

14. Life After Decapitation
Your head can live without your body for up to 15 seconds.

15. A Trillion Seconds
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.

16. Advanced Monkeys
Monkeys have entered the Stone Age.

17. Deck of Cards
There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.

18. Sharks Are Really Old
Sharks are older than trees.

19. The Pyramids are Ancient
When the Pyramids were built, there were still woolly mammoths walking the Earth.

20. Lots of Water
There are eight times as many atoms in a teaspoon of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

21. The Sun Is Massive
About 99.85% of all the mass in our solar system is found in the Sun.

22. T. Rex and Stegosaurus
The gap between T. Rex and Stegosaurus is about 16 million years greater than the gap between T. Rex and present day.

23. Beetle Bag
If you put one of every animal in a bag and then pick one at random, you have a one in five chance of picking a beetle.

25. Girls Might Be Smarter
Male infants tend to have larger brain volumes, but after adjusting for brain size, female infants have more grey matter.

26. Sound in Water
Sound travels four times faster through water than through air.

27. Radioactive Bananas
Potassium, found in bananas, contains a small amount of radioactivity. Eating 100 bananas would cause the same amount of radiation exposure as you get from natural background radiation each day.

28. The Powerhouse of the Cell
Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, used to be their own organisms that eventually integrated into cells.

29. The Scale of Atoms
If you were to remove all the empty space between and within the atoms in every living human being, we would all fit into a space roughly equivalent to a sugar cube.

30. Diamond Rain
It rains diamonds inside Jupiter, Saturn, and other gas giants.

31. French Guillotines
France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.