RANDOM FACTS THAT YOU WON’T BELIEVE
ARE TRUE:
The largest living organism in the world is a fungus, it is
in Oregon, covering 2,200 acres and is still growing.
Kangaroos can not walk backwards.
The shortest war in history lasted for only 38 minutes
Your brain uses 10 watts of energy to think, and does
not feel pain
While you sleep you can’t smell anything, even really,
really bad or potent smells
Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones
The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square
miles, it is the Vatican City.
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
Snails take the longest naps, some lasting as long as
three years.
On Venus, the planet, it rains metal.
Baby koalas are fed poo by their parents after they are
born, this helps them digest Eucalyptus leaves later in
life.
A tsunami can travel as fast as a jet plane
In a room with 23 other people, there is a 50% chance
that two of the people in the room will share a birthday
Your small intestine is the largest internal organ in your
body.
Cows can walk up stairs, but not down them.
It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow.
(try it!)
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the
sky.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to
be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib
Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the
bacteria in your ear by 700 times
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
IT'S CONSIDERED RUDE TO WRITE IN RED INK IN
PORTUGAL
ALTHOUGH THE BOBCAT IS RARELY SEEN, IT IS THE MOST
COMMON WILDCAT IN NORTH AMERICA.
THE TERM "ASTRONAUT" COMES FROM GREEK WORDS
THAT MEAN "STAR" AND "SAILOR."
THE CALCIUM IN OUR BONES AND THE IRON IN OUR
BLOOD COME FROM ANCIENT EXPLOSIONS OF GIANT
STARS
THE NILE CROCODILE CAN HOLD ITS BREATH
UNDERWATER FOR UP TO TWO HOURS WHILE WAITING
FOR PREY.
HUMMINGBIRDS' WINGS CAN BEAT UP TO 200 TIMES A
SECOND.
A SEAHORSE CAN MOVE ITS EYES IN OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS—ALL THE BETTER TO SCAN THE WATER FOR
FOOD AND PREDATORS
CORN IS GROWN ON EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPT
ANTARCTICA
YOU LOSE ABOUT 50 TO 100 HAIRS A DAY.
THE TV REMOTE IS THE DIRTIEST ITEM IN A TYPICAL
HOUSEHOLD, HOSPITAL, OR HOTEL ROOM.
HEARING IS THE FASTEST HUMAN SENSE. A PERSON CAN
RECOGNIZE A SOUND IN AS LITTLE AS 0.05 SECONDS
Your nose and ears continue growing throughout your
entire life
Infants blink only once or twice a minute while adults
average around 10.
As well as having unique fingerprints, humans also have
unique tongue prints.
It takes the body around 12 hours to completely digest
eaten food
Rock found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is around 2
billion years old
The largest land based mammals on Earth are elephants.
Unlike humans, cows and horses sleep while standing up
The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean.
Octopuses have three hearts, isn’t that a strange science
fact!
Male, and not the female, seahorses give birth to the young
ones. Now that is a weird science fact, isn’t it?
Here’s a strange animal science fact – lobsters pee from
their faces and turtles can breathe through their butts!
Squirrels plant more trees than an average human in their
lifetime! How? They just hide their acorns and nuts
underground and forget about them!
Rain contains vitamin B12
The strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the
outside
Apples float because they are one quarter air
Ripe cranberries will bounce like a ball. (Go on, try it!).
They also float.
The moon is very hot (224 degrees Fahrenheit, average)
during the day but very cold (-243 degrees average) at
night.
Neptune’s days are 16 hours long
It takes eight minutes and 19 seconds for light to travel
from the sun to Earth.
The footprints on the moon will be there for 100 million
years.
Shrimps hearts are in their heads.
