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Want to impress your friends or dominate your next trivia night? These 10 bizarre, surprising, and fun trivia facts are guaranteed to entertain and educate. 1. A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'. 2. The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. 3. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 4. It's impossible to hum while holding your nose. 5. Octopuses have three hearts. 6. There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones. 7. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. 8. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second. 9. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters. 10. Honey never spoils—archaeologists found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that’s still edible. **Want more weird and wonderful facts? Explore our Trivia flashcard decks now at [SmallPrep.com](https://smallprep.com/trivia)**.