Weird Science Facts
Did you know that fleas can jump up to 200 times their own body length? That’s like a human jumping over a skyscraper!
The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
In space, astronauts can grow up to 2 inches taller due to the absence of gravity compressing their spines.
The fingerprints of koalas are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.
A teaspoonful of neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons.
The blue whale’s heart is so large that a human can swim through its arteries.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
Dolphins have been observed getting high by chewing on pufferfish, which release a toxin that can produce a narcotic effect.
The average person produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day. That’s enough to inflate a party balloon!
The mantis shrimp has the most complex visual system in the animal kingdom, with 16 color receptors compared to humans’
The total length of your blood vessels would be long enough to wrap around the Earth nearly 2.5 times.
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans – 7 – but each bone can be up to 10 inches long!
Sloths only poop once a week and lose about one-third of their body weight in the process.
The average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds. That’s equivalent to 100 elephants!
Weird Science Facts part 2
The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
A snail can sleep for up to 3 years.
A hummingbird’s heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.
The average person sheds about 4 kilograms of skin cells every year.
The world’s smallest mammal, the bumblebee bat, can fit on the tip of your thumb and weighs less than a penny.
A cat’s nose print is as unique as a human’s fingerprint.
Ostriches can run faster than horses and their legs can kick with enough force to kill a lion.
Humans are the only animals that blush.
A flea can accelerate faster than the Space Shuttle.
The human brain has more connections than there are stars in the Milky Way.
The probability of you drinking a glass of water that contains a molecule of water that once passed through a dinosaur is almost 100%.
The average person spends 6 months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
Octopuses have three hearts.
A single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
The world’s oldest known creature is a 4000-year-old sponge found in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
During a 24-hour period, the average person produces enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
The average human blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.
A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
The chances of you dying on the way to buy a lottery ticket are actually higher than your chances of winning the lottery.
A woodpecker’s tongue can wrap around its brain to protect it from the force of pecking.
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
If you could fold a piece of paper in half 42 times, it would reach the moon.
Honeybees can recognize human faces.
The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is J.
The average American child eats about 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating high school.
The largest iceberg ever recorded was about the size of Belgium.
Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you create a unique combination that has never existed before in the history of the world.
Porcupines can float in water.
Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to boil a gallon of water.