100 Mind-Blowing Blowing Facts

Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different. One of the more mind-blowing fun facts: no two tongue prints are alike. The use of tongue prints as a forensic identifier began fairly recently.

A full jumbo jet tank has enough fuel to drive a car around the world four times. One of the most mind-blowing fun facts: The average jumbo jet burns roughly a gallon (approx. 4 litres) of fuel every second. Compared to the average car fuel tank, this capacity can fill a car with enough fuel to circle the world four times over. Talk about a road trip.

Nebraskan drivers had the flashiest traffic situation back then. In 1912 a Nebraska law stated that night drivers must do the following: stopping every 150 yards, sending up a skyrocket, then waiting eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding – while blowing their horns and shooting off flares.

Blowing your nose loudly in Japan is rude.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand. Camels have different ways of adapting to their environment. They have a third clear eyelid that helps protect their eyes from blowing sand. Also, two rows of long lashes protect their eyes.

There are more possible variations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. That’s mind-blowing!

The wind is silent. What we hear is the wind blowing against an object.

SOME WHALES USE BUBBLE NETTING TO FEED. This involves whales cooperatively blowing bubbles that encircle their prey. As the prey won’t cross through the bubbles, they’re trapped, making it easy for the whales to eat them.​

Between 2010 and the first quarter of 2020, venture funding in AI hit a mind-blowing $61 billion. Most of this investment went to companies in the USA and China.

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