Aww, here come more facts for your face! Here are 50 amazing
facts to blow your mind. The longest mountain range on earth is actually under water. The Mid-Ocean Range is
over 80,000 kilometers long, and much of it is volcanic. When mating, dragonflies and damselflies form their body into a heart shape. The males use claspers at
the end of their abdomen which fit perfectly into species-specific grooves on the female, and both contort until a heart is formed. In an attempt to deal with a devastating mosquito population in the Florida Keys, real estate developer Richter Clyde Perky constructed a 2.74 meter tall bat house. He claimed that the
structure had everything that a little bat heart could desire, and once a decent number of the animals moved in, they would begin eliminating the insects pestering everyone. Unfortunately, not a single bat moved in. Banana trees are not actually trees. They're hibiscus plants or herbs. Their trunks are made
up of tightened leaves and contain no woody tissue. The first-ever Google doodle replaced the standard logo on August 30, 1998 as a type of out-of-office message. It featured a Burning Man stick figure that informed people that founders Larry and Sergey couldn't fix any bugs or issues because they were attending the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. In 1929, two researchers
at Princeton University successfully transformed a house cat into a working telephone. Meh, meh. Somehow, the cat actually survived only to die when the pair
tried to repeat the experiment. Before closing in 2006,
Eglin Federal Prison Camp, a minimum security
facility, was considered to be so cushy that it was
given the nickname Club Fed. Just think, there was a time when inmates could play golf or tennis, go swimming and even dine on lobster,
all on your tax dollar, yeah. In 1838, Mexican General
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was hit by cannon fire and
had to have his leg amputated. Strangely, four years after the limb was removed, the general ordered it to be dug up and be given
a full military funeral, complete with speeches and prayers. It was buried in a crystal
vase beneath an elaborate monument in Santa Paula Cemetery. Plane crashes happen far less
often than you might think. Very few flights actually crash, and if they did, the odds that you'd die in one are one in only 11 million! Literally, even if the
plane that you're in does go down, nearly 95.7%
of people survive them. Studies have shown that the first thing that people notice
about you subconsciously is what you're wearing
on your feet, your shoes. On August 3, 2015, the
South Florida Museum opened a brand new exhibit showcasing the largest collection of
fossilized poop on the planet. Another poop fact is that the largest fossilized poop in their collection is from a prehistoric crocodile. And it's the size of a puppy. The team has nicknamed it precious. I'm not joking. Although they have a
rodent-like appearance, elephant shrews are not
classified with true shrews. As insectivorous mammals,
they actually have more in common with elephants than shrews. Donkeys and zebras are capable
of mating with each other. There's a visual for ya. Hnuh. The cross-breed of the two
species is called a Zonkey. Shot in the head in
1915 during World War I, Paul Kern managed to
survive, but his frontal lobe had taken severe damage. After waking up from
surgery, the Hungarian man did not sleep again, but, amazingly, he passed away in 1955,
40 years after being shot and having never slept
a wink during that time. 10 years after being
purchased, the average mattress more than doubles in weight due to dead skin, sweat
and dust mites it takes in. Ugh! You might want to think
about changing your mattress. Baby bats are usually born feet first, and often the mother will hang upside down and catch the newborn in her wings as it leaves her. Between 1955 and 1966, a number of people hiking in the woods along the Tomoka River near Daytona, Florida, reported seeing a mysterious pink fog that
stayed close to the ground. Many of them claimed that
the cloud was carnivorous. It's been blamed for the disappearances of at least a dozen people. Still to this day, it's unknown what the fog is or where it came from. Yo, we're livin' in an
M. Night Shyamalan movie! The first-ever Google server racks were built using lego bricks. At the time, the construction toys were considered cost effective, and the structures were easier to expand than more permanent solutions. High school student David
Merrill once conducted an experiment on mice, making them listen to heavy metal music 24 hours a day and testing to see if it had any negative effect on their ability
to navigate a maze. And he was kinda right,
'cause instead of getting smarter, the mice killed each other. In the winter of 1916-1917, large packs of starving wolves began
attacking the German and Russian forces battling
it out in World War I. Things became so bad that both sides agrees to a temporary alliance simply to deal with the vicious animals. According to mathematicians,
every glass of water you drink has at least one molecule of water in it that was
once consumed by Cleopatra. Additionally, every sip
you take has at least one that was consumed by a dinosaur! On April 23, 1982, frustrated
with border patrol roadblocks and being treated like a foreign country, the city of Key West, Florida, declared secession from the United States and became a conch republic. The new nation then
declared war on the U.S., surrendered less than a minute later and immediately applied
for a billion dollars in foreign aid money. Amazingly, the silly
ordeal led to real change, and the roadblocks were
soon after removed. Flamingos consume food by stirring up mud in shallow waters with their webbed feet and then taking a mouthful of the murk. Their beaks have a filter-like structure which takes out creatures like plankton, tiny fish and crustaceans,
which they survive on. The pink color that
flamingos are known for isn't the shade that they are naturally. They're actually a very
pale almost white color and get the deeper pink
hues due to the ingestion of beta carotene, an organic pigment in the species of plankton
and crustacean they eat. Niger is considered to be the country with the youngest population. Though it's home to 18 million people, nearly half of them
are under 15 years old! The reason for this is
likely to the ridiculously high fertility rate of 6.6
children per every woman. People in Soviet labor camps used to sneak out and ingest condoms
attached to rubber tubes. They would fill them with raw alcohol and sneak them back to the camp, where other prisoners
would hand them upside down to use them as human kegs. In 1939, German dictator Adolf Hitler was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Erik Brandt, a member
of the Swedish Parliament. The nomination was ultimately canceled, and no peace prize was
ever given out that year. Despite claims that it only sank after its completion,
Italy's leaning tower of Pisa was never actually straight. The foundation of the structure was built on soft ground that never settled properly and thus was incapable of
supporting any weight evenly. A law was passed in Florida in 1998 that says that all state-funded daycares and preschools had to play
classical music for children. It was believed that the Mozart effect would help properly develop young minds, and the law remains today, even after the effect was disapproved. Ironically, when the
American Civil War began, Union General Ulysses S. Grant owned at least one slave,
while Confederate General Robert E. Lee owned none. In 1666, the Great Fire
of London devastated the city, destroying over 13,300 buildings and leaving as many as 70,000
inhabitants without homes. But despite this, only six verified deaths were officially recorded
as having occurred. A leech's body is
divided into 32 segments, each one of them with its own brain. They also have two reproductive organs and nine pairs of testes. Those are complicated creatures. Google has a rule that no part of their offices can be more than 150 feet or 45.7 meters from some type of food. Like the legendary Big Foot
in the more northern states, Florida has its own mythical
beast, the Skunk Ape. This 2.4 meter tall humanoid primate, which apparently smells like rotten eggs or cow manure, was incredibly
popular in the 70s. So many sightings were reported that state representatives actually attempted to make it a misdemeanor to take, possess, harm or molest anthropoid or humanoid animals. Due to mutations in their genes, house cats, bottlenose dolphins and a number of other
carnivorous creatures cannot detect sugar or
taste any sweetness at all. Birds are not affected by the heat given off when wild chilies are consumed. This is believed to be
an evolutionary trait needed for birds to be able to spread seeds in a wider area in their droppings. The type of music you listen to can not only influence your mood but how you think. Studies show that
different genres of music affect your brain in different ways, making you able to heal from emotional trauma faster, be more patient or even make you a more confident person. In 1912, a raffle was held on behalf of an orphanage in Paris, France, that needed money to stay afloat. But as prizes, those who won the lottery were given babies! There is an Amish beach
in Sarasota, Florida, called Pinecraft, where people who prefer a simpler life can enjoy the sand and sun while keeping to their
traditions and lifestyle. It's literally an Amish paradise and is likely the only
one of its kind on earth! The longest war in recorded history was the 335 Years War. It was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly from 1651 to 1986. However, not only were there no casualties but not a single shot was fired. When they were looking for a new shape for their bottles in 1915, Cocal-Cola only told glass makers to design a bottle so distinct that you would recognize it by feel in the dark or
lying broken on the ground. The Root Glass Company won the elongated, ribbed cocoa bean design the soda company is famous for today. In 2013, Pilot Linda
Ducharme renewed her vows with Bruce, a Ferris wheel
she had previously married. During the ceremony, she
fed the spinning ride a slice of pizza, and a
Catholic priest officiant declared, "I tie you flesh and steal." Yeah, this is not a joke again, and Ducharme truly loves Bruce. Uh yeah, you're lookin'
kinda dry today, Bruce. Can I oil ya up? Oh yeah, ya like that? Located in Longwood,
Florida, the Senator was a 3,500-year-old cyprus tree that was considered the fifth oldest on earth. Unfortunately, in 2012,
a woman accidentally burned it down after climbing inside its huge hollowed out trunk and smoked meth. When asked how she felt, the woman claimed she couldn't believe she burned down a tree older than Jesus. Ring-tailed lemur males will often have stink fights with each other. In which they apply secretions
from their scent glands to their incredibly long tails and then waft it at their opponents. Kinda like people farting in real life. Bppt, oh, look at that, smell it. Hey, yeah. While in a dressing room
at the Grammy Awards, Singer Katy Perry asked fellow artists Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus
for locks of their hair. The pair obliged, and Perry tied a ribbon around each clipping and
put them in her purse. Nope, nobody knows why. Water isn't actually a good
conductor of electricity. In fact, it's an insulator. The impurities in the water are what allow for the conduction of electricity, not the H2O itself. At the time of his death, Elvis Presley was planning his first European tour. He only ever held five official concerts outside of the United States, and every one of them was in Canada. According to the World
Health Organization, the Republic of Nauru has the largest percentage of overweight
inhabitants among all countries. A report done in 2007 revealed that around 94.5% of the
population was overweight. In comparison, the United States
came in ninth, with 74.1%. Blue jays are capable
of mimicking the cries of other birds, such as red tailed hawks. They use this ability to keep predators away and sometimes to clear other birds away from food sources so that they can have it all to themselves. (fire roaring) (gentle music)
