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Did You Know These Facts Before Spending Half of Your Life?
Unbelievable truths you probably never learned before reaching the halfway point of life.

Life is full of surprises. As we grow older, we learn new things every day, but some facts are so strange and fascinating that they make us question everything we thought we knew. Before you spend the other half of your life, here are 20 unbelievable facts that will blow your mind.

1. You were the youngest person on Earth once.
Yes, at the exact moment you were born, for a few seconds, no one else was younger than you on the planet.

2. Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
In botanical terms, bananas qualify as berries, while strawberries don't. Nature clearly plays by its own rules.

3. Your brain uses more energy than any other organ.
Even though it’s only about 2% of your body weight, it consumes around 20% of your body’s energy.

4. Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
Two pump blood to the gills, and one to the rest of the body. When they swim, the heart that supplies the body actually stops.

5. You start dying the moment you’re born.
Though it sounds harsh, aging begins the minute you're born. Life and death are parallel journeys.

6. A day on Venus is longer than its year.
It takes Venus 243 Earth days to rotate once but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.

7. Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
Called “cloacal respiration,” some species can absorb oxygen through their rear ends while underwater.

8. Your body has more bacteria than human cells.
You’re technically more bacteria than human! The microbial cells in your body outnumber human cells by about 1.3 to 1.

9. The Eiffel Tower can grow taller in summer.
Due to heat, the iron expands, and the tower can stretch up to 15 cm (6 inches) taller during warm months.

10. A day wasn’t always 24 hours.
Millions of years ago, a day lasted only about 18 hours. Earth’s rotation is slowing down over time.

11. You’ve never actually touched anything.
At the atomic level, the electrons in your body repel the electrons in other objects. So when you "touch" something, it's electromagnetic force stopping you—not actual contact.

12. Cows have best friends.
Research shows cows form bonds and get stressed when separated from their besties. That’s right—moooody friendships are real.

13. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.
While dolphins can hold their breath for 10 minutes, sloths can manage up to 40 minutes by slowing their heart rate.

14. Humans glow in the dark.
We emit a tiny amount of visible light. It's just 1,000 times weaker than the human eye can detect.

15. The moon has moonquakes.
Just like Earth has earthquakes, the moon experiences quakes caused by tidal forces and meteorite impacts.

16. Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
At a specific pressure (called the triple point), water can exist in all three states—solid, liquid, and gas—simultaneously.

17. Pineapples take almost two years to grow.
That sweet fruit you love? It takes around 18–24 months to be ready to harvest. Patience tastes delicious.

18. Your stomach gets a new lining every 3–4 days.
To prevent digesting itself with strong acids, your stomach regenerates quickly.

19. The smell of rain has a name—Petrichor.
That fresh, earthy scent you love after it rains is actually a mix of plant oils and a chemical called geosmin.

20. You are 1 cm taller in the morning.
Thanks to gravity, the cartilage in your spine compresses throughout the day. So technically, you shrink a little by bedtime.

Conclusion
The world is full of mysteries that challenge our common understanding. These facts are just a tiny glimpse into how strange and fascinating life truly is. The more we know, the more we realize how much we don’t know. So before the second half of your life flies by—take a moment to wonder, learn, and stay curious.