"FUN FACT"

1. _The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, and lasted only 38 minutes.

2. _A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance" because of their bright feathers.

3. _The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

4. _The Great Wall of China is visible from space, but only under certain conditions._

5. _There's a species of jellyfish that's immortal: the Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the "immortal jellyfish."_

6. _The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents._

7. _Butterflies taste with their feet._

8. _The world's largest living organism is a fungus that covers over 2,200 acres in Oregon, USA._

9. _The highest recorded temperature on Earth was 134°F (56.7°C) on July 10, 1913, in Death Valley, California._

10. _The longest recorded word in the English language has 45 letters: "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis."_

11. _Cats have three eyelids: the upper lid, lower lid, and third lid (called the nictitating membrane)._

12. _The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick._

13. _The longest recorded duration without sleep is 264.4 hours (11 days), set by Randy Gardner in 1964._

14. _The highest recorded altitude reached by a balloon is 39,045 meters (128,100 feet)._

15. _The world's largest waterfall, by volume of water, is actually located underwater and is called the Denmark Strait Cataract._

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