21 Incredible Facts That Might Just Blow Your Mind

Marty Mcfly Published 01/08/2015

You think you know it all, but you have no idea. At least that's how I felt when I discovered there were at least 21 things I didn't know about the world.

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Less than 1 percent of Antarctica is ice-free
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A search for the Loch Ness Monster in 2009 was unsuccessful, but scientists did find at least 100,000 golf balls
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Koalas have fingerprints so similar to humans that trained experts could easily confuse them at a crime scene
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The scientific name for brain freeze ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
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Babies can't taste salt until they're at least four months old
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The Easter Island heads actually have bodies
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Farmers grow corn on every single continent except for Antarctica
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The founders of Google were willing to sell to Excite for less than 1 million in 1999, but they were turned down
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Kool-Aid actually started out as "Fruit Smack"
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The only mammals that don't have a belly button are the platypus and echidna they lay eggs
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Qatar is the only country that starts with a "Q," and Iraq is the only one that ends with one
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Paris only has one stop sign in the entire city
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A guy actually changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to annoy telemarketers
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Blood makes its way around your body over 1,000 times a day
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To successfully cook an egg on a sidewalk, it needs to be 158F
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Barry Manilow wrote State Farm's infamous "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle
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Almost 10 of all the bones in a cat's body are in its tail
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If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange
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If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange
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Mr. Clean is known as Don Limpio in Spain
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Bubble wrap was actually invented to be a new kind of wallpaper

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Less than 1 percent of Antarctica is ice-free
2.
A search for the Loch Ness Monster in 2009 was unsuccessful, but scientists did find at least 100,000 golf balls
3.
Koalas have fingerprints so similar to humans that trained experts could easily confuse them at a crime scene
4.
The scientific name for brain freeze ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
5.
Babies can't taste salt until they're at least four months old
6.
The Easter Island heads actually have bodies
7.
Farmers grow corn on every single continent except for Antarctica
8.
The founders of Google were willing to sell to Excite for less than 1 million in 1999, but they were turned down
9.
Kool-Aid actually started out as "Fruit Smack"
10.
The only mammals that don't have a belly button are the platypus and echidna they lay eggs
11.
Qatar is the only country that starts with a "Q," and Iraq is the only one that ends with one
12.
Paris only has one stop sign in the entire city
13.
A guy actually changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to annoy telemarketers
14.
Blood makes its way around your body over 1,000 times a day
15.
To successfully cook an egg on a sidewalk, it needs to be 158F
16.
Barry Manilow wrote State Farm's infamous "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle
17.
Almost 10 of all the bones in a cat's body are in its tail
18.
If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange
19.
If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange
20.
Mr. Clean is known as Don Limpio in Spain
21.
Bubble wrap was actually invented to be a new kind of wallpaper

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1. Less than 1 percent of Antarctica is ice-free

2. A search for the Loch Ness Monster in 2009 was unsuccessful, but scientists did find at least 100,000 golf balls

3. Koalas have fingerprints so similar to humans that trained experts could easily confuse them at a crime scene

4. The scientific name for brain freeze ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia

5. Babies can't taste salt until they're at least four months old

6. The Easter Island heads actually have bodies

7. Farmers grow corn on every single continent except for Antarctica

8. The founders of Google were willing to sell to Excite for less than 1 million in 1999, but they were turned down

9. Kool-Aid actually started out as "Fruit Smack"

10. The only mammals that don't have a belly button are the platypus and echidna they lay eggs

11. Qatar is the only country that starts with a "Q," and Iraq is the only one that ends with one

12. Paris only has one stop sign in the entire city

13. A guy actually changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to annoy telemarketers

14. Blood makes its way around your body over 1,000 times a day

15. To successfully cook an egg on a sidewalk, it needs to be 158F

16. Barry Manilow wrote State Farm's infamous "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle

17. Almost 10 of all the bones in a cat's body are in its tail

18. If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange

19. If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange

20. Mr. Clean is known as Don Limpio in Spain

21. Bubble wrap was actually invented to be a new kind of wallpaper

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1.
Less than 1 percent of Antarctica is ice-free

2.
A search for the Loch Ness Monster in 2009 was unsuccessful, but scientists did find at least 100,000 golf balls

3.
Koalas have fingerprints so similar to humans that trained experts could easily confuse them at a crime scene

4.
The scientific name for brain freeze ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia

5.
Babies can't taste salt until they're at least four months old

6.
The Easter Island heads actually have bodies

7.
Farmers grow corn on every single continent except for Antarctica

8.
The founders of Google were willing to sell to Excite for less than 1 million in 1999, but they were turned down

9.
Kool-Aid actually started out as "Fruit Smack"

10.
The only mammals that don't have a belly button are the platypus and echidna they lay eggs

11.
Qatar is the only country that starts with a "Q," and Iraq is the only one that ends with one

12.
Paris only has one stop sign in the entire city

13.
A guy actually changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to annoy telemarketers

14.
Blood makes its way around your body over 1,000 times a day

15.
To successfully cook an egg on a sidewalk, it needs to be 158F

16.
Barry Manilow wrote State Farm's infamous "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle

17.
Almost 10 of all the bones in a cat's body are in its tail

18.
If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange

19.
If the Earth was shrunk down to the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange

20.
Mr. Clean is known as Don Limpio in Spain

21.
Bubble wrap was actually invented to be a new kind of wallpaper