Einstein couldn't speak fluently until he was nine. His parents thought he might have be retarded.
In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors. When the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on both of their chests.
A cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. In 1982, David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus which ended up falling on top of him and killed him.
Interesting facts about the owl. All birds raise their lower eyelids to wink. But the owl drops its upper eyelid to wink.
All polar bears are left handed. Interesting fact.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
Fact. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
In stone skipping, spin, speed, shape and angle are the crucial factors, with angle being the most important.
A lighthouse light is a concentrated beam, focused by special lenses. Because of its highly increased intensity, this beam of light can travel a very long distance.
Most bats are nocturnal. They fly and forage for their food (bugs) at night. This means that they need safe places to sleep during the day.
Bats use echolocation to locate food and avoid obstacles. They have the ability to create and hear noises that humans cannot hear.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
Humans are born with 300 bones, but by the time they become adults, there are only 206 bones left.
Human's stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Lightning never strikes the same place twice. Myths. In fact, lightning strikes more than twice.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's fattest cat weighed 40.9 pounds!
Xie Qiuping is a Chinese woman who holds the record for world's longest hair. On 8 May 2004, her hair was measured to be 5.627 meters (18 ft 5.54 in).
Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button because it was removed during a surgery. Learn fun facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts on MythsFacts.com.
Hair grows back thicker and darker after shaving. Myths. Share interesting facts and myths on MythsFacts.com.
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Learn myths and random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts on MythsFacts.com.
Most lipstick contains fish scales. Share and read irrelevant facts, interesting facts, amusing facts, and random facts on mythsfacts.com.
In 1978, Emilio Marco Palma was the first person to be born in Antarctica.
By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed.
Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it. Share your Interesting facts on MythsFacts.com
Humans use only 10 percent of their brains is a century old myths.
The first American to patent a toothbrush was H. N. Wadsworth, (patent number 18,653,) on Nov. 7, 1857.
Soleyman, an Arab merchant, visited China in the 9th century and describes the use of coir fiber and toddy made from coconuts.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart.
Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed.
Vanilla flowers may only be naturally pollinated by a specific bee found in Mexico. Vanilla grown elsewhere must have each flower individually pollinated by human workers.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
The world's longest marriage is 85 years. The couple lives in Taiwan and got married in 1917.
Norma Stitz (born Annie Hawkins-Turner), is noted for her extremely large natural breasts. Her name is a word-play on the phrase "enormous tits".