1. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.

It lasted only 38
minutes.
2. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
3. The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
4. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am."
5. The largest snowflake ever recorded measured 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
6. The longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and takes over three
hours to pronounce.
7. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
8. There is a town in Alaska with a population of only eight people.
9. The world's largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.
10. The first recorded use of the word "computer" was in 1613 and referred to a person who
performed calculations.