Weird World Records
Space & the Universe
Movie Myths
Tech Trivia
Sports Shenanigans
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True or False: The world record for the most T-shirts worn at once is 257.
✅ True – Sanath Bandara from Sri Lanka set this record in 2022
100
True or False: A day on Venus is shorter than its year.
❌ False – A day on Venus (one full rotation) is longer than its year (one orbit around the Sun).
100
True or False: In the first Harry Potter film, Emma Watson can be seen mouthing other actors’ lines.
✅ True – She admitted to doing this during early filming out of habit.
100
True or False: Ctrl + P is the keyboard shortcut for pasting text.
❌ False – Ctrl + P is for printing; Ctrl + V is used for pasting.
100
True or False: A soccer match once had a final score of 149–0.
✅ True – In 2002, Madagascar’s AS Adema beat SO l’Emyrne 149–0 after the losing team scored own goals in protest.
200
True or False: The longest time spent balancing a lawnmower on the chin is over 3 hours.
❌ False – The record is impressive but much shorter, around 3 minutes.
200
True or False: There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.
✅ True – The observable universe contains an estimated 1 septillion stars, far more than grains of sand.
200
True or False: The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in Scotland.
❌ False – It was filmed in New Zealand.
200
True or False: The first emoji was created in Japan in the 1990s.
✅ True – Shigetaka Kurita invented emojis in 1999
200
True or False: Michael Jordan was drafted by a Major League Baseball team.
❌ False – He signed with the Chicago White Sox but was not drafted.
300
True or False: The fastest time to eat a raw onion is under 30 seconds.
✅ True – The record is around 29 seconds.
300
True or False: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a massive volcano.
❌ False – It’s a giant storm, larger than Earth, that has been raging for centuries.
300
True or False: The velociraptor sounds in Jurassic Park were made using tortoise mating noises.
✅ True – Sound designers used a mix of animal sounds, including tortoises.
300
True or False: Airbnb started as a way to rent out air mattresses in a living room.
✅ True – The founders rented out airbeds in their San Francisco apartment
300
True or False: Curling stones are made from a special type of cheese.
❌ False – They’re made from rare granite, not cheese!
400
True or False: The tallest stack of M&M’s is 7.
✅ True – The record is 7 M&M’s, set by a British man in 2021
400
True or False: The Moon is larger than Pluto.
✅ True – Earth's Moon is actually bigger in diameter than the dwarf planet Pluto.
400
True or False: Walt Disney received seven miniature Oscars for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
✅ True – He was awarded one full-sized Oscar and seven mini ones in 1939.
400
True or False: Instagram was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012.
✅ True – Facebook (now Meta) bought Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock
400
True or False: The longest tennis match in history lasted over 11 hours.
✅ True – John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played for 11 hours and 5 minutes at Wimbledon in 2010.
500
True or False: The longest human tunnel traveled through by a skateboarding dog is 50 people.
❌ False – The record is 30 people, set by a dog named Otto in Peru.
500
True or False: Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth.
✅ True – It takes approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to travel to Earth.
500
True or False: Forrest Gump travels to Sweden as part of the All-American Ping-Pong Team.
❌ False – He travels to China.
500
True or False: Linux was created by Steve Jobs.
❌ False – Linux was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
500
True or False: There is a world championship for throwing mobile phones.
✅ True – It’s a real event held annually in Finland.