The blue whale’s heart is the size of a VW Beetle and weighs up to 1,000 lbs (453 kg).
100 Mind-Blowing Blue Facts
Cats which have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.
In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week!
Overwhelmingly, red states have the highest rate of dog ownership, while residents of blue states are more likely to keep a cat as a pet.
In a few Appalachian forests, some fireflies glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow.
Deep snow can sometimes appear blue because the extra layers of snow create a filter for light.
When Nike first started, it was called Blue Ribbon Sports. The name was changed in 1971.
A sunset on Mars is blue.
Flamingoes aren’t born pink. They come into the world with grey/white feathers and only develop a pinkish hue after starting a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae.
Sunsets only exist because Earth’s atmosphere acts as a prism for light. In scientific terms, it’s called “scattering”. a) Molecules and particles in the atmosphere (which are more numerous at sunset) scatter short-wavelength violet and blue light away from your eyes, so we can see the other colours on the spectrum, like yellow and orange.
Bananas glow blue under black lights.
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant.
The largest animal in the world is the blue whale.
The Antarctic blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, weighing up to 440,000 pounds, per the World Wildlife Fund.
Red, blue and yellow are the only primary colours.
The book 3 SHADES OF BLUE: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan notes that when Miles Davis moved to New York City at 18, he spent his first few weeks attending classes at Julliard and going to Harlem to see performances at Minton’s Playhouse and the Savoy Ballroom, as well as clubs on 52nd Street.
Kelley Blue Book data revealed that the average price paid for a new electric vehicle (EV) in November 2023 was $52,345. Industry experts state that EV price parity is approaching as EV transaction prices in November 2023 were only 8.5% higher than the industry average price of $48,247.
Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful. Just try to wrap your brain around the second part of this animal fact: Those 457,000 calories are more than 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop those krill into its mouth.
Turkeys can blush. When turkeys are scared or excited—like when the males see a female they’re interested in—the pale skin on their head and neck turns bright red, blue, or white. The flap of skin over their beaks called a snood, also reddens. By the way, this is why the president pardons a turkey every Thanksgiving.
May 20, 1873, is the “birthday” of blue jeans. According to the Levi Strauss company, this was the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, the innovators behind the sturdy blue jeans we all love, got a patent on the process of adding metal rivets to men’s denim work pants. The pants were called waist overalls until 1960 when baby boomers began calling them jeans.
Bees can make coloured honey. In France, there’s a biogas plant that manages waste from a Mars chocolate factory, where M&Ms are made. Beekeepers nearby noticed that their bees were making “unnatural shades of green and blue” honey. A spokesperson from the British Beekeepers’ Association theorized that the bees eating the sugary M&M waste caused the coloured honey.
Bananas glow blue under black lights. To the everyday eye under normal conditions, ripe bananas appear yellow due to organic pigments called carotenoids. When bananas ripen, chlorophyll begins to break down. This pigment is the element that makes bananas glow, or fluoresce, under UV lights and appear blue.
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, meanwhile, can weigh almost a ton and need to beat just once every ten seconds.
There’s a reason why passports come in four colours. Here’s a weird fact that might surprise you. Have you ever wondered why there isn’t a hot pink passport? The reasoning is that most countries prefer dark shades of red, green, and blue since these dark colours look more official and if they’re dirty, it’s not as noticeable.
The probability of a blue lobster existing is widely touted as being one in two million. Bright blue lobsters are so coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.
You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from over 2 miles away. Blue whales weigh an average of between 130,000 and 150,000kg, with their hearts weighing roughly 180kg.
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts can also weigh almost a tonne and only need to beat once every ten seconds.
For a spirit to be classed as tequila, it needs to be made from the blue agave plant. It’s made from the centre of the agave plant, which is called the piña.
A blue whale’s heartbeat can be heard from two miles away. Contrary to popular belief, a blue whale’s heart isn’t as big as a Volkswagen beetle. However, it is still huge at 5 ft in length, 4 ft in width, and standing at 5 ft tall. This massive organ weighs about 181 kg.
Blue whales eat 500,000 calories in 1 mouthful. When whales open their gaping mouths in the ocean, they eat half a million calories worth of krill. If whales were like humans, their calorie deficit would be way off the charts: the energy they get is more than 240 times the energy they expend to gather all the krill in their mouths.
Bees can make different colours of honey. Beekeepers in France once noticed that their bees were making shades of green and blue honey. It was later discovered that the bees were consuming colourful M&M waste from a nearby Mars factory.
A candle’s flame is hot and blue in zero gravity. Diffusion feeds the flame with oxygen. This then allows carbon dioxide to move away from the point of combustion.
Blue-eyed people have higher alcohol tolerance. Research in 2000 found that those with lighter eye colours are less likely to abuse alcohol. Thus lesser consumption and developing a higher tolerance.
The blue whale is the largest known animal on the planet. These magnificent mammals are known to grow up to 100 feet long and upwards. They weigh about 200 tons.
You can swim through the veins of a blue whale. The blue whale is the largest living creature on the planet. It is so big that its veins are big enough for an adult human to swim freely around it.
A family in Kentucky had blue skin for generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin from a combination of a rare genetic condition and inbreeding. Methemoglobinemia is what scientists believe causes this mutation.
The heartbeat of a blue whale can be heard from two miles away. This mammal is the largest on the entire planet and weighs over 150 tons. Its heart is roughly the size of a small car and weighs over 1,300 pounds. The blue whale’s heart only beats 8-10 times per minute.
The blood of lobsters is colourless. However, when their blood is exposed to oxygen, it becomes a blue colour. This is mainly due to the copper that is found present in the blue hemocyanin molecule in their blood. Now that’s some cool scientific did you know the facts?
Blue is the most common favourite colour worldwide. According to data from global marketing firms, blue is the world’s most common favourite colour. It is closely followed by purple.
The blue meth in Breaking Bad is rock candy. Yup, they’ve been snorting rocks this whole time, but a confectionery kind: Crystal Sky is cotton candy-flavoured rock candy. It may have been fake drugs, but the cast and crew were still getting a different kind of high from it – they’d eat the sugary mixture to keep them up during shoots.
A blue whale tongue weighs as much as an elephant. A blue whale’s tongue weighs 2.7 tonnes, which is almost the same weight as an adult male elephant.
“Bluetooth” was named after a king. Bluetooth technology was named after King Harald Bluetooth Gormsson. The traditional explanation for his moniker is that Harald had a bad tooth that looked “blue.” In the 10th century, Bluetooth united Denmark and Norway – much like how wireless Bluetooth now joins different devices.
Bananas glow blue under UV light. Bananas may be associated with yellow, but according to one study, the fruit glows an “intense” blue colour under black light (or UV lights). Scientists later found that the degradation of chlorophyll as the fruit ripens causes the blue glow.
A human could swim through a blue whale’s veins. This is one of the WTF facts that’ll just make you feel small.
There’s a family of people with blue skin in Kentucky. One of the most bizarre WTF facts: For generations, the Fugates of Kentucky had a condition called methemoglobinemia that turns skin blue. It was a rare genetic condition that was even more triggered by inbreeding.
Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart. When Jay-Z released “Glory” in 2012, he put his daughter Blue Ivy Carter as a feature. Her crying sample made her the youngest person to hit the Billboard charts at two days old.
Blue Whale calves grow 200 pounds per day. This takes “They grow up so fast!” to a whole other level.
Mars’ sunset is blue. Mars has less than 1% of the Earth’s atmosphere. Sunsets on Mars look blue because its atmosphere captures mostly blue light from the sun.
Blue whales have the largest penises on Earth. If you think you know big dick energy, think again – blue whales officially have the world’s largest penis at 12 inches in diameter and ten feet in length.
Sunsets on Mars are blue.
1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
Octopuses have blue blood and nine brains.
Martian sunsets and sunrises look blue because the Martian dust in the air scatters blue light.
The sunset on Mars appears blue.
A blue whale’s heartbeat can be detected up to 2 miles away. And their hearts weigh almost 400 pounds!
A blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant. The tongues of some whales are large enough that even an adult elephant could fit on it!
Octopuses have three hearts. And their blood is blue! By the way, did you know that both octopuses and octopi are acceptable plurals for octopuses?
The heartbeat of a blue whale can be detected from 2 miles away. The blue whale’s heart also weighs 400 pounds.
The blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant. Another weird fun fact about these mammals is that an adult elephant can even fit on the tongue of a blue whale.
Octopuses have three hearts. One pumps blood around the body, while the other two pump it to the gills. Oh, and that blood is blue, thanks to high copper levels!
Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels. (They’re golden-coloured in summer.) No other mammals are known to have this ability.
The blue part of blue cheese is mould.
Ripe bananas look blue under black lights.
The largest living animal is the blue whale, which can measure as much as 100 feet.
Most parents feel like their babies grow fast, and those with teenagers often feel they cannot keep enough food for their growing kids. Yet, human children have nothing on Blue Whales. The offspring of these mammals can grow up to 200 pounds in a single day. This rapid growth rate can last an entire year.
WHALES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN GROUPS. There are two types of whales: the baleen whales and the toothed whales. Baleen whales, including humpbacks and blue whales, have fibrous ‘baleen’ plates in their mouths instead of teeth, which help them filter out and consume huge quantities of zooplankton: small prey including krill, fish or crustaceans called copepods. Whereas toothed whales, such as orcas, beluga and sperm whales, have teeth which enable them to feed on larger prey such as fish and squid. All dolphin families, including porpoises, are also classified as whales, as they are more related to their toothed counterparts.
THERE USED TO BE THOUSANDS OF BLUE WHALES IN THE ANTARCTIC. It’s estimated that there were over 225,000 Antarctic blue whales before their exploitation in the 1900s. Today, there are estimated to be less than 2,000 Antarctic blue whales left in the world.
THE ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL ON THE PLANET. The Antarctic blue whale is the biggest of all blue whales. It is also the largest animal on the planet, weighing up to 180 tons (approximately 36 elephants) and reaching up to 30 metres in length. They can consume about 4 tonnes of krill a day!
Beekeepers in France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unusual shades of green and blue. After investigating, the beekeepers discovered that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.
Blue Whale fart bubbles are large enough to enclose a horse.
Even though the blue whale is the largest animal on Earth, it can’t swallow anything bigger than a beach ball.
The Antarctic blue whale is the largest animal on the planet and can weigh about as much as 33 elephants.
The blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as one elephant.
Ripening bananas glow blue under black lights.
The Tin Man original actor in The Wizard of Oz was replaced after suffering health issues from ingesting aluminium into his lungs from the costume makeup, his skin turned blue and he struggled to breathe.
The most common wild bird in the world isn’t the sparrow or blue jay—it’s the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion.
The heart of the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth, is five feet long and weighs 400 pounds. The whale in total weighs 40,000 pounds.
PlayStation 1 had Scratch and Sniff discs. In 1999, Gran Turismo 2, the 2-disc edition of the game, the blue disc featured the smell of fuel and burning rubber. When FIFA 2001 was released in 2000, they used Scratch and Sniff technology on their discs, so it smelled like football stadium turf.
Mark Zuckerberg is color blind. The founder of Facebook purposely chose a blue colour scheme because he has red-green colour blindness! To him, blue is the richest and most prominent colour that he can see.
A Banknote Can Be Folded 4,000 Times: Our currency is pretty durable. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the sole producer of U.S. paper currency, says it would take 4,000 double folds, forward and backward, for a dollar bill to tear. It might be because paper money isn’t made of paper. It’s a blend of 75% cotton and 25% linen with tiny blue and red synthetic fibres of various lengths evenly distributed throughout the bill.
Deep Blue was the first AI robot, made in 1996. It was a chess-playing computer which won its first game against a World Champion on 10 February 1996.