Trivia : General Facts

Trivia : Item Teasers

Trivia are facts that can be amusing although they are mostly knowledge that we can do without. Here, we have compiled some of them.

Ten random selection

 
The lifespan of a taste bud is approximately 10 days.
 
Our left lung shares a space with the heart, making it smaller than the right lung.
The ostrich egg cell is among the largest single animal cell which is about 6 in or 15 cm long and weighs about 3 lbs or 1.4 kg.
Strong acids will not dissolve diamond. Only intense heat will destroy it.
 
Your heart is likely to beat more than 2 billion times in a life time.

NOTE: Calculated at 72 beats per minute and a life time of 75 years.
 
Scientists believe that diamond rains occur on Neptune and Uranus due to high levels of hydrocarbon and pressure.
 
Every person possesses a unique tongue print.
 
An eyelash lives around 150 days before it falls out and a new one begins to grow.
One blinks their eyes approximately 20,000 times a day.
The hairy frog or horror frog with the scientific name Trichobatrachus robustus breaks its own bones to make a claw for a fight.

Published on: 13 Feb 2019 2124.
Last updated: 13 Feb 2019 2124.