Random Facts
1. The life span of tigers in the wild is thought to be about 10 years. Tigers in zoos live twice as long.
2. Humans are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. Every other fear is learned.
3. The average keyboard contains 3,295 microbes per square inch.
4. A manatee's nipples are in its armpits.
5. You can swim through syrup just as fast as you can swim through water, even though is many times thicker.
6. Some insects can see ultraviolet light.
7. 30% of American adults do not consume any alcohol ever.
8. When Pope John Paul II died, the entire funeral events amounted to € 6 million.
9. A Chilean man is so obsessed with Julia Roberts that he has 82 tattoos of her face all over his body.
10. Light travels 18 million times faster than rain.
11. In 1785, Benjamin Franklin was the richest person in the United States.
12. Americans work 25% more than Europeans, a 2016 study found.
13. Ants can accidentally misinterpret the chemical trails left by other ants and start walking in circles.
14. If too many members of the colony join in, it can kill the whole colony in what is sometimes known as the 'Death Spiral.'
15. There are more statues of lions in the world than there are real wild lions.
16. Before co-founding Apple, Steve Jobs worked for Atari.
17. Villa Epecuén, Argentina, has a population of one. Nearly 30 years after a flood submerged the town, former occupant Pablo Novak returned.
18. Tomatoes taste worse when they've been refrigerated, a study found.
19. September is the ninth month and the only month with the same number of letters in its name in English as the number of the month.
20. At the time of his death, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was one of the world's richest man, worth US$200 billion.
21. There is a stadium in Brazil in which the midfield line lies on the Equator, making each team defend one hemisphere.
22. The most dangerous job in the United States is that of the logger, with 110 deaths per 100,000.
