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You Know These Cool Facts? Everyone loves to learn new things, especially when it comes to little-known facts. You may not have considered it, but there are many fun and interesting facts out there that you have probably never heard of. Here are some cold hard facts that are sure to surprise you. 1. The tallest recorded person in history was 8'11" (2.72m) tall. 2. The shortest person ever recorded was 21.5 inches (54.6 centimeters) tall. 3. The blue whale's heart is so large that a human could swim through its arteries. 4. A cockroach can survive for several weeks without its head. 5. The koala bear's diet consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves, which are toxic to most other animals. 6. A sneeze can travel at a speed of over 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour). 7. A hippopotamus's sweat is pink. 8. The surface area of Russia is larger than the surface area of Pluto. 9. The longest time record for a human without sleep is 11 days. 10 The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. 11. Octopuses have three hearts. 12. The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) in diameter and 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) thick. 13. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. 14. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents. 15. The longest English word has 189,819 letters. 16. Sloths only defecate once a week. 17. An average person spends 6 months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green. 18. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after only 38 minutes. 19. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. 20. The shortest distance between two points in Manhattan is often not a straight line but a diagonal due to the city's grid system. Now that you know some of these cool facts, impress your friends with your new knowledge. You never know what else you might learn, so keep exploring and discovering new things!
