Fun facts are amusing as well as informative. There are lots of interesting fun facts about different cultures, countries, and lifestyles that you might not know. There are numerous websites online that provide fun facts, information, and statistics to make you smile along with making you learn. This post presents 28 random interesting fun facts and statistics, and also you can add more fun facts you know in comments.

 

§  No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

§  Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen

§  There are 86,400 seconds in day

§  The human brain is 80% water

§  30% of Chinese adults live with their parents.

§  People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!

§  In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

§  You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

§  The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.

§  Country with the highest percentage of internet users (75% of all population) is Sweden!

§  In Africa only 3% of people surf the web and the cost per megabyte is highest on the planet.

§  Over 80% of a household’s annual waste can be recycled.

§  For every 38,000 bills paid online, 5,058 pounds of greenhouse gases are avoided and two tons of trees are preserved.

§  The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.

§  The Tower Bridge, located in London England, is approximately the same length and height as the Titanic.

§  There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.

§  Other than fruit, honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

§  The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

§  Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

§  Drug enforcement personnel estimate that about 2,500 Americans every day try cocaine for the first time.

§  Pure cocaine was first extracted from the leaves of the coca plant in 1859 and was marketed in a fortified wine in France as early as 1863.

§  An average American will spend an average of 6 months during his lifetime waiting at red lights.

§  Texas is the only state in the US that allows its residents to vote from space

§  The highest fuel tax in the world is in the UK - a whooping 188%

§  Harry’s middle name is James, Hermione’s is Jane and Ron’s is unfortunately, Bilius.

§  During 1995, 2.3 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces took place in the United States. That meant 6,400 marriages and 3,200 divorces on a typical day.

§  Over 1 billion Valentine cards are exchanged in the U.S each year. It's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.

§  About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.

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