Strange But True Facts #12 · 12:14am Nov 21st, 2018

1. The largest star in the universe is VY Canis Majoris. This star is more than 2,100 times larger than our sun.

2. There are more than 20,000 species of edible plants, but only 20 are responsible for 90% of our food supply.

3. The Marianas Trench is 36,070 ft deep in an area of exploration known as the Challenger Deep; however, speculation from scientists is that there exists an area as deep as 40,000 ft further down the trench towards the Guam islands.

4. The fastest production car is the Koenigsegg Agera RS. It has been clocked during a top speed run going at 277.87 mph. At this speed, the car is covering the length of three football fields per second.

5. If you have the feeling you’ve experienced an event before in real life, call it déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve previously experienced an event in a dream instead, there’s a different term for it: déjà rêvé.

6. The diagonal line across the grill of Volvos represents the seatbelt, which they invented and patented. They gave away their 1962 patent for free to help save lives.

7. The first sales pitch for the Nerf ball was “Nerf: You can’t hurt babies or old people!”

8. If drivers adhere to the 45 mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road's rumble strips will play a rendition of "America the Beautiful."

9. Space has a scent: a bouquet of diesel fumes, gunpowder, and barbecue. The aroma is mostly produced by dying stars.

10. China owns all of the pandas in the world. They rent them out for about $1 million a year.

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