There are certain mind-blowing facts that are self-explanatory. But, on the other hand, there are others that are so awesome that they seem fake. They seem like obvious exaggerations. But sometimes, even if they look exaggerated, these facts are actually true.

1. When the height of Mount Everest was calculated for the first time, a couple of feet was added to the actual height because the team figured nobody would believe that it was exactly 29,000 feet.

2. Canadians purchase roughly 24% of all Kraft Dinner boxes sold globally, each week.

3. Canada and Denmark are in a territorial war over an uninhabited island and they have been leaving bottles of alcohol for each other for over 30 years.

4. Neutron stars are so dense that if you dropped a gummy bear from one meter away it would hit the surface in a microsecond with the force of 1,000 nuclear bombs.

5. Before America gained independence, all the ants in the world weighed about the same as all the people in the world.

6. The speed of sound in the air is 741 mph, in water it’s 3,320 mph, and in a diamond, it’s 26,843 mph.

7. The easternmost point of Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the westernmost point of Brazil.

8. It is believed that 90% of U.S. dollar bills in the cities have Cocaine on it.

9. Between 2011 and 2013, China used more cement in three years than the US did in the entire 20th century.

10. Shoelaces untie themselves because the knot is subjected to forces of up to 7G with every step that the wearer takes.