Facts You Probably don’t Need
- Edgar Allan Poe’s best-selling book during his lifetime was “The Conchologist’s First Book,” a textbook he wrote about seashells.
- John Cena has the record for most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation at over 650.
- There is a volcano in Indonesia which erupts blue lava.
- 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the U.S.
- Starfish have filtered sea water in their system instead of blood.
- France was the first country to introduce the license plate.
- France uses twelve different time zones, the most of any country in the world.
- Mongooses were introduced to Hawaii to control the invasive rat population. However, rats are nocturnal, and mongooses are diurnal. Hawaii now has a problem with both.
- 41% of all amphibian species are at the brink of extinction.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
