The biggest butterfly in the world has a 31cm wingspan. It belongs to the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing butterfly, which you can find in the forests of the Oro Province, in the east of Papua New Guinea.
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You can’t fold a piece of A4 paper more than eight times. As the number of layers doubles each time, the paper rapidly gets too thick and too small to fold. The current world paper-folding record belongs to California high school student Britney Gallivan, who in 2002 managed to fold a 1.2km-long piece of tissue paper 12 times.
The world’s first animated feature film was made in Argentina. Even if you know a lot of Disney trivia, you might assume that the honour of the first animated feature film belongs to Walt Disney’s 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But 20 years earlier, a full-length animated feature film was made in Argentina. It was a political satire called El Apóstol made up of 58,000 drawings and had a running time of 70 minutes, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Pope can’t be an organ donor. Pope Benedict XVI was issued an organ donor card in 1970. Once he ascended to the papacy in 2005, the card was invalid, reports the Telegraph. According to the Vatican, the Pope’s entire body must be buried intact because his body belongs to the universal Catholic Church.
Each zodiac sign belongs to an element. Fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, Air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius and Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.
Sudan has the most pyramids out of any country. One of the mind-boggling fun facts: The plentiest pyramids in the world is not in Egypt! Instead, the record belongs to Sudan with 255 pyramids – which is twice the amount of the pyramids in Egypt.
Elvis only won 3 Grammys. The King of Rock and Roll had 18 #1 hits in his career but only bagged 3 awards out of his 14 nominations. Instead, the record for the most Grammy wins belongs to George Solti, the longtime leader of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at 31 Grammy awards.
The largest pair of eyes in the world belongs to the giant squid. Its eyes are the size of soccer balls and are at least 25 centimetres across. The largest fish eye is only around 9 centimetres wide which belongs to the swordfish.
The most mathematical flag in the world belongs to Nepal. In its constitution, there is a detailed step-by-step guide on how to draw the flag to its exact measurements. Nepal is also one of the few countries that have a triangular flag.
The longest ear hair in the world may be longer than your actual hair. At 25 cm, the world record for the longest ear hair in the world belongs to Radhakant Bajpai of India. His wife highly disapproves of the hair, but he believes it brings him good luck and refuses to get rid of it.
Intelligence Community: The NSA belongs to the Intelligence Community, a coalition of 17 intelligence agencies, and operates under the supervision of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
The Liberty Bell of the USA belongs to London.
Europe’s Longest Town Name Belongs to a Welsh Town: Among the longest town names in the world, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest name of a town in Europe. The more palatable translation of Llanfairpwll, which is frequently printed in both Welsh and English, is “St. Mary’s Church in the hollow of white hazel, near a rapid whirlpool, and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave”. This one should fit as the top 10 interesting facts about the UK, right?