Did you know that the most common cause of death for lobsters is being boiled alive?
Contrary to popular belief, male seahorses actually carry and give birth to their offspring.
The average person walks past a murderer approximately 36 times in their lifetime.
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.
The average person will eat around 70 insects in their sleep over the course of their lifetime.
The loudest recorded sound in history was the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883, which awoke people 3,000 miles away.
There are more bacteria living on your skin than there are people on Earth.
Household dust is mainly composed of dead skin cells.
The human body produces enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight.
The average person spends about 6 months of their lifetime waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
The smell of freshly-cut grass is actually a distress signal released by the grass when it is injured.
A single cloud can weigh more than one million pounds.
Your body can detect a taste difference of just 0.0000002 grams of salt.
The original name for the butterfly was flutterby.
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo and no one knows why.
On average, people fear spiders more than they fear death.
Dead people can get goosebumps.
The human brain is capable of storing up to 2.5 petabytes of information.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been confused at crime scenes.
The average person spends 6 months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
The average person will spend 6 months of their lifetime waiting in lines.
The longest recorded sneezing fit lasted for 978 days.
The average person walks past a murderer 36 times in their lifetime.
Apples are more efficient at waking you up in the morning than coffee.
In your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
On Jupiter and Saturn, it rains diamonds.
Laughter can increase your heart rate to the level of light exercise.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
Some cats are allergic to humans.
If you heated up a teaspoon of a neutron star, it would weigh over six billion tons.
Sharks have been around on Earth longer than trees.
Humans are the only animals that blush.
During your lifetime, you will shed about 40 pounds of skin.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
The human nose can recognize and remember 50,000 different scents.
The oldest known animal in the world is a 507-year-old clam named Ming.
Cows have best friends.
Babies have around 100 more bones than adults.
Snails can sleep for up to three years.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space.
A group of squirrels is called a scurry.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
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