Unbelievable Facts: From the World's Oldest Beer Recipe to the World's Longest Gold Chain!

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1.  The World’s Oldest Recipe

• The oldest known recipe is from 6000 B.C.

• It's a beer recipe from Ancient Mesopotamia.

• This is thought to be the first recipe ever written down.

• Ancient Mesopotamians were early beer makers.

• They started the tradition of making one of the world's favorite drinks.

2. The Massive Amount of Data

• ChatGPT says about 2,500 crore gigabytes of data are uploaded daily.

• This amount of data is hard to imagine.

• If printed on paper, it would use up all trees in the Amazon rainforest.

• This shows how much data we create in today's digital world.

3. The Longest Gold Chain

• The world's longest gold chain is 5 kilometers (about 3.1 miles) long.

• It's called the Dubai Celebration Chain.

• The chain weighs about 250 kilograms (about 551 pounds).

• It has over 4 million links.

• 100 craftsmen made it.

• It took them more than 45 days to finish.

4. The Longest Tsunami

• The world's biggest tsunami was 1,720 feet (about 524 meters) high.

• It happened in Lituya Bay, Alaska.

• The date was July 9, 1958.

• It was caused by a huge landslide.

• About 40 million cubic yards of rock and ice fell.

• This is the tallest tsunami ever recorded.

5. The Most Expensive Building

• Zhongnanhai in China is said to be the world's most expensive building.

• It's where China's leaders live.

• The building is valued at about 40 billion dollars.

I should note that claims about the "most expensive building" can be difficult to verify and may change over time.

6. The Mighty Roar of the Lion

• Lions can roar very loudly, lion's roar is powerful

• Their roar can be heard far away, up to 8 kilometers

• Roaring also helps lions mark their territory

7. The Unique Fact About "TYPEWRITER"

• The word "typewriter" is very long

• It uses only letters from one row on the keyboard

• No other word uses just one row and is longer. This is an interesting detail

8. The First Speeding Ticket Ever Issued

• The first speeding ticket was given in 1896

• This happened a long time ago

• The person was driving 12 kilometers per hour

• That was considered too fast at the time

9. The Lifelong Journey of an Airplane

• Airplanes fly very far in their lifetime

• They typically fly 75 million miles total

• That is an extremely long distance

• It equals going to the Moon and back 157 times

10. The Everlasting Light Bulb

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• There is a very old light bulb in Livermore, California

• It is called the Centennial Light

• This light bulb has been burning since 1901

• It is over 120 years old and still works

• The bulb is at the Livermore Fire Department

• It is the oldest known light bulb that stays lit

• It was only turned off a few times in over 100 years

11.  Maximum Human Sweat Production

• Humans can make a lot of sweat

• At most, a person can sweat 4 liters in one hour

• This happens only when a person push his maximum limit

• Sweat comes from special parts in our skin called sweat glands

• An average person have 2-4 million sweat glands in their body

12.  The Strength of Human Hair

• One hair on your head is stronger than you might think

• A single hair can hold up 100 grams

• Most people have about 100,000 hairs on their head

• If all these hairs worked together, they could lift 10,000 kilograms

• That's as heavy as a big truck or a small elephant

13. The Power of a Sneeze

• When you sneeze, it's very fast

• The air from a sneeze can move at 160 km/hr

• One sneeze has lots of tiny germs in it

• It can have about 100,000 germs

14. Cryogenic Preservation in Nature

• Cryogenic Preservation means freezing a body to wake it up later

• It doesn't work for humans yet

• But there's a frog that can do something like this

• It's called the wood frog this frog lives in cold places

• It can freeze itself for 6-7 months while frozen, its heart stops beating

• It also stops breathing and when it warms up, it comes back to life

15. Cryovolcanoes: Icy Volcanoes

• Most volcanoes we know shoot out hot lava

• But there are special volcanoes called cryovolcanoes

• 'Cryo' means very cold

• These volcanoes are found far from Earth

• They're on moons around Saturn and on Pluto

• Instead of hot lava, they shoot out cold stuff

• They erupt with water, ice, and ammonia