Surprising Things You Might Not Know

[drizzleRomanceGirl]

1. batteries can explode
2. dead whales can explode
3. some people are born with both female and male organs and their sex is called intersex
4. there are a lot of sign languages, not just one
5. there are most likely over 1,000 languages spoken in Africa
6. Chinese has multiple languages even though they're technically all considered Chinese
7. reindeers exist, but they don't fly and they are known as caribou in North America
8. Hebrew and Arabic (and some other languages) are read from right to left :P
9. eating 40 pounds of chocolate (about 18 kilograms) or more in one sitting will literally kill you
10. a lot of colleges and universities have naked models in some art classes to practice drawing or painting the human body
11. there are three huge railways that go from eastern China to Spain, all across Russia, and Moscow, Russia to Beijing, China (you switch trains sometimes though)
12. California has a higher population than all of Canada, and it has a higher population than all of Australia and New Zealand put together
13. California has more square miles/square kilometers than all of Japan
14. California has 1/4 of all the pine trees in the world and 1/3 of all the species of known plants in the United States
15. California has the tallest AND the biggest trees in the entire world
16. in almost every other country besides the United States that speaks English, the letter Z (zee) is pronounced zed (but it's still written as Z)
17. you can drown and die if you go too far in the ocean at the beach if the ocean currents are too strong
18. some elevations are below sea level and the Dead Sea in Jerusalem is the lowest natural land elevation in the world; it's about -1,410.8 feet (about -430 meters) below sea level
19. different countries use different outlets, so you have to buy different chargers if you want to charge your phone, laptop, tablet, etc. or anything else that you plug in
20. there are now five oceans in the world, not four, ever since the Southern Ocean was considered an ocean in 2000 (it's near Antarctica)
21. not everyone has hazel, brown, blue, and green eye colors; a few people have other eye colors like red or purple, but it's really rare

[blindreper1179]

But do you know why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

[drizzleRomanceGirl]

because it's dessert and breakfast all in one lol

[Mahou]

Did you know that test boosters are supplements to help you make more strength gains but just end up getting your mushroom tip sensitive?

[mrpreggers]

Originally Posted by drizzleRomanceGirl

11. there are three huge railways that go from eastern China to Spain, all across Russia, and Moscow, Russia to Beijing, China (you switch trains sometimes though)

another surprising fact: aeroflot flight 821 crashed into one of these 10 years ago

[Travis_Flesher]

Originally Posted by drizzleRomanceGirl

7. reindeers exist, but they don't fly and they are known as caribou in North America

[SICKOVENOMOUS]

and now i know