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CRAZY FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW. Sharks existed before trees: Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, predating trees, which appeared around 350 million years ago. They are one of the oldest surviving species on Earth! There’s a jellyfish that is biologically immortal: The Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the “immortal jellyfish,” can revert its cells back to their earliest state, essentially allowing it to start its life cycle over again. The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted only 38 minutes! The conflict was between the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and it ended with a decisive British victory. You can't hum while holding your nose: Try it—when you hum, the sound is created by air passing through your nose. If you pinch your nose shut, that airflow is blocked, making it impossible to hum. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid: The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2560 BCE, while Cleopatra lived in the 1st century BCE. The Apollo 11 moon landing was in 1969, only about 2,000 years after Cleopatra’s time!