World Facts

Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk @worldtruth #funfact😅

There is a disease called Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) that affects the inner ear and amplifies all internal sounds. It gets to the point where the sound of the eyeballs moving in their sockets sounds like “sandpaper on wood.” @worldtruth #diseases😪

There is a football team called Chicken Inn in Zimbabwe. @worldtruth #spacefacts ⚽️

Most reliable airlines, 2024. 1. 🇲🇽 Aeromexico 2. 🇸🇦 Saudia 3. 🇺🇸 Delta Airlines 4. 🇨🇱 LATAM Airlines 5. 🇶🇦 Qatar Airways 6. 🇧🇷 Azul 7. 🇨🇴 Avianca 8. 🇪🇸 Iberia 9. 🇸🇪 SAS 10. 🇺🇸 United Airlines (Cirium) @worldtruth #statistics 🛫

Despite 3 different scientists returning a negative paternity test, Charlie Chaplin was forced to pay child support for 21 years because of a Jury decision of 11-1 that yes, he was the father. @worldtruth #facts 😔

The ancient Egyptians measured the flood levels of the Nile and levied taxes according to how high water levels were. If the water level indicated there would be a strong harvest, taxes would be higher. @worldtruth #facts🏞️

Men in Switzerland are required to keep the firearms they are issued during their military service at home even after they leave the military to prevent any home break ins and to have the countries men ready to mobilize in the event of a threat. @worldtruth #nowyouknow

Men in Switzerland are required to keep the firearms they are issued during their military service at home even after they leave the military to prevent any home break ins and to have the countries men ready to mobilize in the event of a threat. @worldtruth #nowyouknow

“Hiroshima shadows” When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the intensity of the blast was of such intensity that it permanently burned shadows of people and objects into the ground. @worldtruth #history

In 1966, U.S. Navy pilot Jeremiah Denton was held as a POW in North Vietnam. During a forced TV interview, his captors instructed him to say he was being treated well. But Denton blinked the word "TORTURE" in Morse code using just his eyes. @worldtruth #amazingfacts❤️

The world’s newest countries: 🇸🇸 South Sudan - 2011 🇲🇪 Montenegro - 2006 🇷🇸 Serbia - 2000 🇵🇼 Palau - 1994 🇨🇿 Czech Republic - 1993 🇸🇰 Slovakia - 1993 🇪🇷 Eritrea - 1993 🇲🇰 North Macedonia - 1993 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - 1992 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - 1992 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - 1992 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - 1992 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - 1992 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan - 1992 🇭🇷 Croatia - 1992 🇬🇪 Georgia - 1992 🇲🇩 Moldova - 1992 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1992 🇦🇲 Armenia - 1992 🇸🇮 Slovenia - 1992 🇷🇺 Russia - 1991 🇧🇾 Belarus - 1991 🇱🇹 Lithuania - 1991 🇱🇻 Latvia - 1991 🇪🇪 Estonia - 1991 🇺🇦 Ukraine - 1991 🇫🇲 Micronesia - 1991 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands - 1991 🇩🇪 Germany - 1990 🇾🇪 Yemen - 1990 🇳🇦 Namibia - 1990 Note: Year when admitted to U.N. According to World Population Review @worldtruth #statistics 📈

Buddhism predicts its own demise. We are currently in the second thousand years of the Dharma-Ending stage and there are 9000 years left before all Buddhist teachings have been lost or forgotten. @worldtruth #religion🕉️

Loopholes were small slits in castle walls that let archers fire arrows, and the modern use of the term reflects the apparent contradiction between the intent of an impenetrable wall and having small holes in it that allow defenders to gain an advantage. @worldtruth #funfact🤔

French gangsters in the early 1900s used a weapon known as the "Apache revolver" that functioned as a revolver, a knife, and brass knuckles. @worldtruth #weapons😶‍🌫️

Eruption of Mount St. Helens On this day in 1980, following an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America. @worldtruth #todayinhistory📆

In 1914, Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary, led a peasant uprising in central Mexico against wealthy landowners who controlled land and water for sugar cane production, supported by dictator Porfirio Díaz. Despite Mexico banning slavery, poor peasants were trapped in indentured servitude, forced to buy goods on credit at high prices, keeping them in debt and bound to work. Zapata’s rebel army fought to reclaim stolen land for peasants, uniquely allowing women to serve as combatants and officers. Though they never took over the central government, they supported the poor in their territory. In 1916, at 39, Zapata was betrayed, ambushed, and killed by government forces. His famous quote was, “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.” @worldtruth #facts🤔

The ‘Age of Piracy’ only lasted around 80 years. It started in 1648 after the Treaty of Westphalia pushed European powers to hire privateers, and declined between 1714 and 1723 when the War of Spanish succession ended, Nassau was retaken, and every famous pirate had been killed or captured. @worldtruth #facts🤔

caim (n.) lit. "sanctuary"; an invisible circle of protection, drawn around the body with the hand, that reminds you that you are safe and loved, even in the darkest times. @worldtruth #word 📚

School segregation outlawed by U.S. Supreme Court On this day in 1954, lawyer Thurgood Marshall scored a landmark victory as the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. @worldtruth #todayinhistory📆

The Double Rainbow guy was a prolific uploader and created thousands of videos. He also scheduled 15 years of uploads in advanced before he died, leaving his channel still active now 4 years after his death. @worldtruth #facts 🤔