Weird but True Facts for Kids

Did you know that cows have best friends?

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

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 world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.

There is a waterfall in Colombia that is called The Liquid Rainbow because it looks like a river of different colors.

The sound a giraffe makes is called a bleat.

The sakura flower in Japan only blooms for around two weeks each year.

Penguins propose to their partners with a pebble.

The blue whale’s heart is so big that a human could swim through its arteries.

In Sweden, it is common for people to take a fika, which is a break for a coffee and a pastry.

The oldest person to ever live was 122 years old.

Some fish can change their gender.

Sloths only poop once a week.

Earthworms are essential for healthy soil because they help to break down dead plant material.

The fingerprints of a koala are so similar to humans that they have been mistaken at crime scenes.

The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is over 828 meters tall.

A person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.

The average cloud weighs as much as 100 elephants.

Some turtles can breathe through their bottoms.

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote.

Apples float in water because they are made up of 25% air.

The oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a vulture’s wing bone.

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.

Astronauts cannot cry in space because there is no gravity for the tears to fall.

Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans, even though their necks are much longer.

The Eiffel Tower can grow over six inches in summer due to thermal expansion.

Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you create a new combination that has never existed before.

The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sloths move so slowly that algae can grow on their fur.

The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896 and lasted only 38 minutes.

A honeybee can recognize human faces.

The largest dinosaur eggs ever discovered were as big as basketballs.

The world’s largest rubber band ball weighs over 9,000 pounds.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.

The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long.

An octopus has three hearts.

The average person will eat 35 tons of food in their lifetime.

The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can run up to 70 miles per hour.

In Japan, it is considered good luck to fold 1,000 origami cranes.

The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer and is over 4,000 years old.

The fastest ant in the world can move up to one meter per second.

The shortest war in history took place in 1959 between Honduras and El Salvador and lasted less than 100 hours.

A group of crows is called a murder.

The average person will spend a total of six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.