Unbelievable and Fun Facts for Kids
Did you know that the loudest animal on earth is actually the blue whale?
The ostrich can run faster than a horse and has the biggest eyes among all land animals!
Cats can rotate their ears up to 180 degrees!
The average person spends about six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights.
The tongue of a blue whale is so big that 50 people could stand on it!
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
The world’s oldest known goldfish lived to be 43 years old.
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been confused at crime scenes.
A strawberry isn’t a berry, but a banana is!
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar and lasted for only 38 minutes.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth.
A snail can sleep for three years straight.
The oldest known tree in the world is over 5,000 years old and is located in California.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
Mosquitoes have teeth.
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
The average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds!
The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
Unbelievable and Fun Facts for Kids part 2
The world’s largest snowflake was recorded in 1887 and measured 38 centimeters in diameter.
The chicken is the closest living relative to Tyrannosaurus rex.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
The average person blinks about 20 times per minute.
Cows have best friends.
The first oranges weren’t orange – they were actually green.
The oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a mammoth tusk.
The weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans.
Honey never spoils – it can last forever!
Giraffes have a long tongue that can reach up to 21 inches!
The average person’s hand span is equal to the length of their face.
Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour – that’s about 1.5 pounds a year!
The forest covering Mount Fuji in Japan is so dense that no animals live there.
The average person laughs about 13 times a day.
Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
A hummingbird’s heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
The Sahara Desert is expanding by about 0.6 miles per month.
About 70% of Earth’s surface is covered in water, but only 0.3% of that water is available for human use.
The light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth.
The average American eats about 35,000 cookies in their lifetime.
A group of crows is called a murder.
Peanuts are not actually nuts – they are legumes!
The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can reach speeds up to 70 miles per hour.