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Fun Fact #29

There are more nerve connections or "synapses" in your brain than there are stars in our galaxy.

Fun Fact #30

Norway once knighted a penguin.

Fun Fact # 31

The Queen once gave a "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" to an otter

Fun Fact #33

There have been three Olympic games held in countries that no longer exist.

Fun Fact #34:

In the 1500s and 1600s many serial killers in Central Europe would claim that they were werewolves.

Fun Fact #35:

Poppy seeds, despite being cleaned when processed for human consumption, can still contain traces of opiates and morphine. If you eat a slice of poppy seed cake within 12-24 hours of a drug test, you can still test positive for things like morphine and heroin.

Doesn't cover you if you've been taking other drugs, though…

Fun Fact #36:

(Note: I used the most recent Phantom Of The Opera movie for this) The phantom uses around 31,360 candles per year and he's been living under the opera house for around 25 years so in total he's used around 784,000 candles.

Fun Fact #37:

A single lightning bolt contains enough energy to cook 100,000 pieces of toast.

Fun Fact #39:

J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had a tumultuous friendship in real life.

Fun Fact #41:

The mountains on Titan, Saturn's moon, are named in honor of Tolkien's work.

Fun Fact #44:

If done perfectly, any Rubik's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

Fun Fact #46:

The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.

Fun Fact #47: In zero gravity flames take on a more blunt, rounded shape, and a more blue color.

Fun Fact #48:

An arm and a leg wouldn't actually sell for that much on the black market, so if someone says a house would cost an arm and a leg, it's a pretty cheap house.

Fun Fact #49:

The mantis shrimp has 12 color receptors in its eyes, compared to a human's three.

Fun Fact # 50:

In only 7.6 billion years, the sun will reach its maximum size and will shine 3,000 times brighter.

Fun Fact # 51:

The word "silhouette" comes from former French Treasury Chief Étienne de Silhouette. He was known for his austerity and led to the term "à la Silhouette" being applied to anything that was cheap or low-budget.
At the same time, the art of "shadow profiles" emerged - a way to have a picture of your loved ones without expensive portrait commissions. People who thought it was cheap called it "à la Silhouette" and the name stuck.

Fun Fact #52:

Black panthers aren't actually a species, they're just other species of cats with melanism.

Fun Fact #53:

The letter J is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

Fun Fact #54:

Between 1979 and 1999, the planet Neptune was farther from the Sun than Pluto. This won't happen again until 2227.

Fun Fact #56:

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness.

Additionally to fact #56 (#57):

Switzerland offers a Rent-a-Pig program for guinea pigs who have been bereaved and offers it for enough time for the owner to retrieve another forever-home piggie.

Fun Fact #58:

Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.