Did you know that humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas?
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed, with a heart the size of a car!
Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s total oxygen and blood supply.
The average human will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
A hummingbird’s heart beats 1,260 times per minute.
The average cell in your body is about 25 millionths of an inch in diameter.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.
A single honeybee can visit up to 5,000 flowers in a day.
The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
A giraffe’s tongue can be up to 20 inches long.
The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, weighing less than a penny.
The tongue of a blue whale weighs as much as an elephant.
The largest living structure on Earth is the Great Barrier Reef, which is visible from space.
Humans are the only animals that blush.
The liver is the only organ in the human body that can regenerate.
The average person swallows about a liter of mucus every day.
The peregrine falcon can dive at speeds of up to 240 miles per hour.
Octopuses have three hearts.
The average person will walk the equivalent of three times around the Earth in their lifetime.
A tarantula can live for up to 25 years.
A hummingbird’s wings can beat up to 80 times per second.
The world’s smallest reptile is the dwarf chameleon, measuring just over an inch long.
Blue-eyed lemurs are the only primates other than humans known to have blue eyes.
The human body contains enough carbon to fill about 9,000 pencils.
Some fungi can grow and spread for thousands of years, making them some of the oldest living organisms on Earth.
The average person produces enough heat in one hour to cook a pot of boiling water.
The butterfly species with the longest recorded lifespan is the mourning cloak butterfly, which can live up to 11 months.
Bamboo plants can grow up to 3 feet in just 24 hours.
A crocodile can go through 3,000 teeth in its lifetime.
Camels have three sets of eyelids to protect their eyes from sandstorms.
A bee can recognize human faces.
Snails can sleep for up to 3 years.
The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia arnoldii, can grow up to three feet in diameter and weigh up to 24 pounds.
The human nose can recognize about 10,000 different smells.
The Venus flytrap can close its leaves in just 100 milliseconds.
Some insects, like ants, can carry up to 50 times their own body weight.
The world’s oldest living tree, named Methuselah, is over 4,800 years old.
A jellyfish’s tentacles can sting even after it has died.
The human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
Dolphins are the only animals known to give themselves names.
The average person sheds about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.
The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
The world’s smallest fish, the Paedocypris progenetica, only grows to about 0.3 inches long.
A cough can travel at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.
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