1. The shortest war in history lasted only 38 to 45 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
2. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
3. The world's oldest known mattress is over 77,000 years old and was discovered in South Africa.
4. The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting at red traffic lights.
5. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
6. The world's largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches in diameter.
7. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
8. The shortest international flight in the world is between the Orkney Islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland, which lasts only 47 seconds.
9. The world's oldest known recipe is for beer and dates back to ancient Sumeria, around 1800 BC.
10. The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
11. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by ancient Egyptians.
12. The shortest war in history was between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969, lasting only 100 hours.
13. The world's largest pizza was made in 2012 and measured 131 feet in diameter.
14. The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
15. The first recorded use of the word "OMG" (meaning "Oh My God") was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917.
16. The world's largest rubber band ball weighs over 9,000 pounds.
17. The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for a red light to turn green.
18. The world's largest collection of rubber ducks belongs to a man in the United States, who has over 10,000 of them.
19. The world's largest collection of toothpaste tubes belongs to a man in Norway, who has over 2,000 different tubes.
20. The world's largest collection of rubber bands belongs to a man in the United States, who has over 800,000 of them.
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