Fun Facts



Fun Fact #113

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

Fun Fact #55

A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.

Fun Fact #112

A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.

Fun Fact #54

A broken clock is always right twice a day.

Fun Fact #111

A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.

Fun Fact #53

A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel.

Fun Fact #110

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

Fun Fact #52

A blue whale’s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!

Fun Fact #109

A polar bear’s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Fun Fact #51

A blue whale’s aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.


Fun Fact #108

A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.

Fun Fact #50

A bird “chews” with its stomach.

Fun Fact #107

A pig’s penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

Fun Fact #49

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.

Fun Fact #106

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

Fun Fact #48

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.

Fun Fact #105

A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.

Fun Fact #47

A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

Fun Fact #104

A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.

Fun Fact #46

A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

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