Phone Facts

The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.

Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.

A study found that 68% experienced “phantom vibration syndrome” – a sensory hallucination where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing.

There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.

In 2019, a beluga whale wearing a harness labeled "Equipment St. Petersburg" appeared near Hammerfest, Norway. They named him Hvaldimir, a pun on "whale" and "Vladimir." Weeks later, a woman dropped her phone off a dock into the ocean. Hvaldimir dove down, picked it up in his mouth, and brought it back to her. Her friend caught the whole thing on camera.