The human body contains enough carbon to fill about 9,
000 pencils.
Venus rotates backward compared to most planets.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.
Your bones are about 5 times stronger than steel of the same density.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
One tablespoon of neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons.
Polar bear fur is actually transparent,
Not white.
Some metals,
Like gallium,
Can melt in your hand.
Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.
Saturn's moon Titan has rivers and lakes made of methane.
A day on Mercury lasts 1,
408 hours.
You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times.
The coldest place in the universe is a lab in Finland,
Not in space.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
The brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy,
Even at rest.
Sharks are older than dinosaurs.
You blink about 20 times per minute on average.
Giraffes only need about 30 minutes of sleep a day.
Humans can't detect ultraviolet light,
But some birds and insects can.
A mosquito's wings beat about 1,
000 times per second.
Your body replaces about 98% of its atoms each year.
The average human will walk about 100,
000 miles in their lifetime.
Some plants,
Like the Venus flytrap,
Eat insects.
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
Dolphins have names for each other.
Raindrops aren't tear-shaped,
They're more like hamburger buns.
The Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.
Water can boil and freeze at the same time under certain conditions.
There is a species of ant that can shrink its brain to conserve energy.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it's born.
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat.
An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's.
A person's blood vessels,
Laid end-to-end,
Could circle the Earth more times.
The loudest animal in the world is the sperm whale.
A single lightning strike is five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
Butterflies remember what they learned as caterpillars.
Glass is actually a supercooled liquid that flows extremely slowly.
The Sahara desert can sometimes get snow.
Birds don't urinate,
They expel uric acid instead of liquid urine.
The blue whale's heart is the size of a small car.
There is a species of fungus that turns ants into zombies.
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in Death Valley,
California.
A day on Earth is getting longer by about 1.
7 milliseconds every century.
Peanuts are not nuts,
They're legumes.
A chameleon's tongue can be twice as long as its body.
The Moon has moonquakes similar to Earth's earthquakes.
The Earth's core is made of solid iron,
Surrounded by molten iron.
A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,
000 slices of bread.
The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars.
Ants can lift objects 50 times their own body weight.
The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen.
The average human has enough fat to make 7 bars of soap.
The asteroid belt contains millions of rocks,
Some as small as dust particles.
Human eyes can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
Penguins have knees hidden under their feathers.
The speed of sound is faster in water than in air.
Mount Everest grows about 4 millimeters every year.
The average person breathes about 20,
000 times per day.
Some jellyfish are biologically immortal and can revert to a younger state.
The platypus lays eggs but is a mammal.
Saturn has at least 82 moons.
The human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve metal.
Kangaroos can't walk backward.
Earth's magnetic field flips approximately every 200,
000 years.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
The tardigrade,
Also called a water bear,
Can survive in space.
The average person has around 100,
000 hairs on their head.
There's a planet called HD 189733 b where it rains glass sideways.
Some snakes can survive without eating for up to 2 years.
The human body contains enough carbon to fill about 9,
000 pencils.
Venus rotates backward compared to most planets.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.
Your bones are about 5 times stronger than steel of the same density.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
One tablespoon of neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons.
Polar bear fur is actually transparent,
Not white.
Some metals,
Like gallium,
Can melt in your hand.
Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.
Saturn's moon Titan has rivers and lakes made of methane.
A day on Mercury lasts 1,
408 hours.
You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times.
The coldest place in the universe is a lab in Finland,
Not in space.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
The brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy,
Even at rest.
Sharks are older than dinosaurs.
You blink about 20 times per minute on average.
Giraffes only need about 30 minutes of sleep a day.
Humans can't detect ultraviolet light,
But some birds and insects can.
A mosquito's wings beat about 1,
000 times per second.
Your body replaces about 98% of its atoms each year.
The average human will walk about 100,
000 miles in their lifetime.
Some plants,
Like the Venus flytrap,
Eat insects.
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
Dolphins have names for each other.
Raindrops aren't tear-shaped,
They're more like hamburger buns.
The Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy.
Water can boil and freeze at the same time under certain conditions.
There's a species of ant that can shrink its brain to conserve energy.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it's born.
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat.
An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's.
A person's blood vessels,
Laid end-to-end,
Could circle the earth four times.
The loudest animal in the world is the sperm whale.
A single lightning strike is five times hotter than the sun's surface.
Butterflies remember what they learned as caterpillars.
Glass is actually a supercooled liquid that flows extremely slowly.
The Sahara desert can sometimes get snow.
Birds don't urinate,
They expel uric acid instead of liquid urine.
