1. Did you know that the shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896? It lasted only 38 minutes.
2. Did you know that the Great Wall of China is not one continuous wall, but rather a series of walls and fortifications built by different dynasties over centuries?
3. Did you know that the first-ever text message, sent on December 3, 1992, read "Merry Christmas" and was sent by Neil Papworth, an engineer for Vodafone?
4. Did you know that the largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars, which stands at a towering 13.6 miles (22 kilometers) high?
5. Did you know that honey never spoils? Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
6. Did you know that an adult human has 206 bones, while a newborn baby has around 270 bones? Some of these bones fuse together as the child grows.
7. Did you know that the longest time a person has been in space is 437 days? Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov set the record between January 1994 and March 1995.
8. Did you know that a group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance"?
9. Did you know that the first person to swim across the English Channel was Captain Matthew Webb in 1875? He completed the 21-mile swim in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
10. Did you know that the world's largest known dinosaur is the Patagotitan Mayorum, which lived around 100 million years ago? It was about 122 feet long and weighed around 69 tons.