Cool Facts for Kids

Did you know that a snowflake has six sides?

Sharks have been around longer than dinosaurs!

The Earth has more than 1 million known species of bugs.

Cows have best friends and like to hang out with them.

A group of jellyfish is called a smack.

Crocodiles can stay underwater for up to 2 hours without coming up for air.

The average person will spend 6 months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.

Astronauts can grow up to 2 inches taller while in space due to the lack of gravity.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four toes on their back paws.

The average lifespan of a squirrel is about 6 years.

Bees have 5 eyes.

Apples float in water because they are 25% air.

The largest dinosaur ever found was as long as three school buses.

A hummingbird’s heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute.

A giraffe’s tongue can be up to 21 inches long.

The ocean covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface.

The world’s tallest waterfall is Angel Falls in Venezuela, measuring 3,212 feet.

Octopuses have three hearts.

A day on Venus is longer than a year. It takes Venus 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis.

Cool Facts for Kids part 2

Your brain can process information as fast as a supercomputer.

A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches in the world.

Penguins can leap up to 6 feet in the air.

Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.

The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

Lightning can strike the same place twice.

Spider silk is stronger than steel, yet it is incredibly lightweight.

The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.

Trees communicate with each other through an underground network of fungi.

The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old.

The fastest animal on Earth is the peregrine falcon, which can dive at speeds of over 240 miles per hour.

A blue whale’s heart is the size of a small car.

An ostrich can run faster than a horse.

The human body is made up of about 60% water.

Penguins have a type of knee inside their bodies that allows them to swim and slide on their bellies.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

The average person blinks about 15-20 times per minute.

The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter.

The honey badger has been called the most fearless animal in the world.

Birds are the only animals that have feathers.

The Great Wall of China is so long that it can be seen from space.

The average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime.