★Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.
★Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.