Fun and Fascinating Facts for Kids
Did you know that honey never spoils? Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible!
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed. It can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh as much as 200 tons!
A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto.
The Earth has more than 40,000 different species of spiders!
The average lightning bolt is about 3 miles long. That’s longer than 48 football fields placed end to end!
Apples float in water because they are about 25% air.
Cows have best friends, and they get stressed when they are separated.
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
The human brain weighs about three pounds, which is roughly the weight of a large cantaloupe.
It takes about 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
If you stretched out all the DNA in your body, it would reach to the Moon and back over 6000 times!
Did you know that there are more than 170 different currencies in the world?
The world’s smallest bird is the bee hummingbird, which is about the size of a bee.
Flamingos are not naturally pink; they get their color from eating shrimp.
On Jupiter and Saturn, it sometimes snows diamonds!
The Great Wall of China is so long that you could walk along its entire length and never get tired of it.
Fun and Fascinating Facts for Kids part 2
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.
The world’s oldest known living tree is over 4,800 years old!
Did you know that the Eiffel Tower grows during the summer? Heat causes metal to expand, making the tower grow about 6 inches taller.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water, a phenomenon known as the Mpemba effect.
Lightning can be hotter than the surface of the Sun!
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine dust particles.
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans:
In Japan, there are square watermelons. They are grown in boxes to make them easier to stack and store.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from space.
Humans have been using toothpaste for over 5,000 years!
The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can run up to 75 miles per hour in short bursts.
Did you know that there is a town in Norway called Hell?
Water can boil and freeze at the same time under very specific conditions.
The world’s largest flower is the Rafflesia arnoldii, which can be over 3 feet in diameter.
A snowflake can take up to an hour to fall from the cloud to the ground.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The first oranges weren’t actually orange; they were green!
The 100 billionth crayon made by Crayola was named Blue Ribbon.
Honey bees have five eyes!
The smallest bones in the human body are in the ears.
Did you know that the world’s largest snowflake, according to Guinness World Records, was 15 inches in diameter?
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.
The world’s first superhero was Superman, created in 19
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes!
Slugs have four noses.
