The world we live in is full of
amazing facts you never knew.
Some of these facts are common
knowledge, like never eating yellow snow, whilst some are
rather unknown knowledge, like the fact that cheetahs love the smell of Calvin
Klein.
Today we make these unknown facts,
known! Hopefully you’re ready to retain some knowledge because we’ve got a
treat for you today!
So grab a drink, sit back, relax and
enjoy these 5 utterly amazing facts you never knew!
1.Oranges were originally green.
The first oranges ever imported from
to the West were from Southeast Asia and were tangerine-pomelo hybrids that
were green in color.
In fact, oranges grown in warmer
parts of the world such as Vietnam and Thailand stay green throughout their
lifetime.
2.Going to work is more dangerous than going to war.
Statistically, you are three times
more likely to die travelling to or from work than you are if you were to be
shipped out to a war these days.
3.Russia has more surface area than Pluto.
With 6,601,668 square miles of land
mass, Russia beats Pluto’s 6,427,805 square miles of surface area, and dwarfs
the world’s second biggest country, Canada, which has a land mass of
3,855,103 square miles.
4.You can fire an arrow around an object to hit a
target.
Both English and Arabic historic
sources have mentioned skilled archers curving arrows around objects.
It has become a practice among some
modern-day archers who have proved it can be done.
In fact, an arrow can even be fired
with a 180 degree curve to hit an object on the other side of a wall – amazing
right?!
5.There is no specific time zone at the South Pole.
This is because all the longitude
lines on the planet meet up there (because the planet isn’t flat, yo).
The stations on the South Pole use
the time zone of the country that owns them, meaning two stations near each
other could be using two different time zones.
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