1.The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting just 38 minutes.
2.The world's oldest known animal is a 507-year-old clam named Ming that was accidentally killed by scientists in 2006.
3.The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is so tall that its residents have to wait a few seconds longer for the sun to set than those on the ground.
4.The Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world, with an area of just 44 hectares (109 acres).
5.The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents.
6.There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
7.The fastest a human has ever run is 27.8 mph (44.7 kph), achieved by Usain Bolt during a sprint in 2009.
8.The most common letter in the English language is "e."
9.The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which refers to a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust.
10.A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
11.The oldest known piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old.
12.The world's largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
13.The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.
14.Some birds, like pigeons and hummingbirds, can see ultraviolet light that is invisible to humans.
15.The shortest commercially available flight in the world is between two Scottish islands and takes just 47 seconds.
16.The world's largest cave, the Hang Son Doong in Vietnam, is so big that it has its own weather system.
17.The longest word that can be typed using only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard is "stewardesses."
18.Polar bears have black skin underneath their white fur, which helps to absorb heat from the sun.
19.The tallest living tree in the world is a coast redwood in California that stands at 379.7 feet (115.7 meters) tall.
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20.Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
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