★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★Butterflies taste with their feet.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★Bees can recognize individual human faces.★It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★Butterflies taste with their feet.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★Bees can recognize individual human faces.★It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★A group of porcupines is called a prickle.