Top 30 Fun Facts

1. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
2. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
3. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
4. A goldfish has a memory span of about three seconds.
5. A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”
6. The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.
7. The world’s largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
8. The world’s largest rubber band ball was over 7,000 pounds and more than six feet tall.
9. The world’s largest hamburger weighed 2,014 pounds and was made in Minnesota in 2012.
10. The world’s tallest man was 8 feet 11 inches tall.
11. The world’s oldest known tree is a bristlecone pine in California’s White Mountains which is over 5,000 years old.
12. The world’s largest snowman was 113 feet tall and was built in Maine in 2008.
13. The world’s largest ball of twine is over 12 feet in diameter and weighs over 17,000 pounds.
14. The world’s largest pumpkin weighed 2,624 pounds and was grown in New Hampshire in 2014.
15. The world’s largest rubber duck is over six stories tall and weighs 11 tons.
16. The world’s largest cat was over four feet tall and weighed nearly 47 pounds.
17. The world’s oldest cat lived to be 38 years old.
18. The world’s oldest dog was 29 years old.
19. The world’s largest chocolate bar weighed over 12,000 pounds and was made in Italy in 2000.
20. The world’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is over 2,700 feet tall.
21. The world’s largest building is the Boeing Everett Factory in Washington, which covers almost 500,000 square feet.
22. The world’s largest crocodile was over 23 feet long and weighed over 2,200 pounds.
23. The world’s largest gold nugget weighed over 200 pounds.
24. The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
25. The average snowflake falls at a speed of 3.1 miles per hour.
26. Snowflakes are made of ice crystals that form when water vapor in the air turns into ice.
27. The shape of a snowflake depends on the temperature and humidity of the air as it falls.
28. Snowflakes have been observed to have shapes such as plates, columns, needles, and dendrites.
29. Snowflakes are often used as symbols of winter and the holiday season.
30. The term “snowflake” has been used as a derogatory term to describe someone who is perceived as overly sensitive or easily offended.

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Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed reading through our list of Top 30 Fun Facts! From the bizarre to the fascinating, these facts provided a glimpse into the world around us and the unique and strange things it has to offer. We hope you learned something new and had fun reading through the list. Thank you for joining us on this journey of discovery and we hope you come back for more fun facts in the future!

Cristina Bugatty

Cristina Bugatty is Editor at The Top Facts. She has been a factual writer for the last eight years. She Enjoys writing about anything techy, nerdy, or factually interesting.