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I've been waiting for post like this!

Average temperature of human body is not 98.6°F (It can be more or less as well as depends on environment/person/age/gender etc.)
One teaspoon of honey is equivalent to the entire life’s hard work of 12 bees!
We really don't know the real speed at which our Universe is expanding (it can be faster than the speed of light! Contradictory to what Einstein said!)
Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi II had an extreme dislike of flies and devised an ingenious method to keep them at bay. He would instruct his servants to cover themselves in honey, effectively luring the flies away from his presence. This unusual practice allowed the pharaoh to maintain a fly-free environment, demonstrating his attention to detail and concern for his own comfort.
Only female mosquitoes bite and that too because they need nutrients to nourish there eggs and to lay them!

Now sources!