Weirdest number facts ever

The longest time between two twins being born is

• 87 seconds

• 87 minutes

• 87 hours

• 87 days

Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots. The maggots can jump up to 12 centimetres out of cheese while you're eating it, so it's a good idea to shield it with your hand to stop them jumping into your eyes.

• True

• False

In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he

• tripped over his beard running away from a fire.

• was crushed in a garbage truck when his beard got caught in the retractor.

• was drowned in a pool when his beard was caught in the filter.

• his beard was sucked in to the engine of a light plane.

The largest snowflake ever recorded reportedly measured

• 15 cm across.

• 37.5 cm across.

• 24.3 cm across.

• 52.1 cm across.

Approximately how many kilometres of blood vessels are in the human body?

• 960

• 9 600

• 96 000

• 960 000

A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — how many times between 1942 and 1977?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

More than what percentage of all the calories consumed by humans worldwide is provided by rice alone.

• 50%

• 45%

• 20%

• 5%

The television was invented only two years after the invention of

• the microwave.

• the washing machine.

• petrol engines.

• sliced bread.

Two PlayStation 1 games, FIFA 2001 and Gran Turismo 2, have scratch & sniff discs.

• True

• False

If you sneeze while traveling at 96 mph, your eyes are closed for an average of

• 15 mm

• 15 cm

• 15 m

• 15 km