{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-general-fun-facts",
 "id": "fun-general-fun-facts",
 "title": "Did You Know? Fun Facts Mix",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Fun Facts",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "A mix of true, surprising facts. Guess before flipping.",
 "tags": [
  "fun facts",
  "trivia",
  "mix"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Did you know?",
 "backLabel": "True fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Which has more bones, a baby or an adult?",
   "A baby, about 300; many join together to make 206"
  ],
  [
   "What is the only food that never spoils?",
   "Honey (properly stored)"
  ],
  [
   "Which planet has days longer than years?",
   "Venus"
  ],
  [
   "How many hearts does an octopus have?",
   "Three"
  ],
  [
   "Which animal's fingerprints look like a human's?",
   "The koala"
  ],
  [
   "How long is a day on Earth?",
   "About 24 hours"
  ],
  [
   "What is the hardest natural substance?",
   "Diamond"
  ],
  [
   "Which is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?",
   "Mercury"
  ],
  [
   "What color is a polar bear's skin?",
   "Black"
  ],
  [
   "How many legs does a butterfly have?",
   "Six"
  ],
  [
   "What is the fastest land animal?",
   "The cheetah"
  ],
  [
   "What is the tallest land animal?",
   "The giraffe"
  ],
  [
   "How many eyes does a bee have?",
   "Five: two big compound eyes and three small ones"
  ],
  [
   "What is a group of flamingos called?",
   "A flamboyance"
  ],
  [
   "What is the smallest planet in our solar system?",
   "Mercury"
  ],
  [
   "What is the largest ocean?",
   "The Pacific"
  ],
  [
   "What is the longest river in Europe?",
   "The Volga"
  ],
  [
   "How much of Earth is covered by water?",
   "About 71 percent"
  ],
  [
   "What is the Earth's hottest layer?",
   "The inner core"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call baby kangaroos?",
   "Joeys"
  ],
  [
   "What fruit floats in water because it is mostly air?",
   "Apples (about 25 percent air)"
  ],
  [
   "How many hours do giraffes sleep?",
   "Only a few hours, often in short naps"
  ],
  [
   "Which animal sleeps standing up?",
   "Horses can sleep standing"
  ],
  [
   "What animal has the biggest eyes of any land animal?",
   "The ostrich"
  ],
  [
   "Which bird lays the biggest egg?",
   "The ostrich"
  ],
  [
   "Which bird lays the smallest egg?",
   "The hummingbird"
  ],
  [
   "What is a rainbow's shape?",
   "A full circle, but we usually see an arc from the ground"
  ],
  [
   "How fast does sound travel in air?",
   "About 767 miles per hour (343 m/s) at room temperature"
  ],
  [
   "How fast does light travel?",
   "About 186,000 miles per second"
  ],
  [
   "What are the Great Lakes?",
   "Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario"
  ],
  [
   "Which US state has the most lakes?",
   "Alaska has the most lakes by number; Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes"
  ],
  [
   "What was the first toy advertised on TV?",
   "Mr. Potato Head (1952)"
  ],
  [
   "Where did popcorn come from?",
   "Corn people have popped for thousands of years in the Americas"
  ],
  [
   "Where were fortune cookies popularized?",
   "In the United States, not China"
  ],
  [
   "What came first, the fork or the spoon?",
   "The spoon, thousands of years before forks became common"
  ],
  [
   "How many dots are on a pair of dice?",
   "42"
  ],
  [
   "How many keys does a standard piano have?",
   "88"
  ],
  [
   "How many strings does a standard guitar have?",
   "Six"
  ],
  [
   "How many players are on a soccer team on the field?",
   "Eleven"
  ],
  [
   "How many points is a touchdown?",
   "Six"
  ],
  [
   "How many innings are in a baseball game?",
   "Nine"
  ],
  [
   "How many rings are on the Olympic flag?",
   "Five"
  ],
  [
   "How many continents are there?",
   "Seven"
  ],
  [
   "How many oceans are there?",
   "Five: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic"
  ],
  [
   "How many days in a leap year?",
   "366"
  ],
  [
   "How many sides does a stop sign have?",
   "Eight"
  ],
  [
   "How many colors are on a Rubik's Cube?",
   "Six"
  ],
  [
   "How many strings on a violin?",
   "Four"
  ],
  [
   "What is the world's most popular sport by fans?",
   "Soccer (football)"
  ],
  [
   "What is the smallest bone in the body?",
   "The stapes in the ear"
  ],
  [
   "What is the longest bone in the body?",
   "The femur"
  ],
  [
   "How long is a marathon?",
   "26.2 miles"
  ],
  [
   "What animal is on the Welsh flag?",
   "A red dragon"
  ],
  [
   "What is the national bird of the United States?",
   "The bald eagle"
  ],
  [
   "What tree do pandas eat?",
   "Bamboo (it's a grass)"
  ],
  [
   "What is the biggest cat in the Americas?",
   "The jaguar"
  ],
  [
   "Which Great Lake is entirely inside the US?",
   "Lake Michigan"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of insects?",
   "Entomology"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of birds?",
   "Ornithology"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of weather?",
   "Meteorology"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of stars and planets?",
   "Astronomy"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of fossils?",
   "Paleontology"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of animals?",
   "Zoology"
  ],
  [
   "What do you call the study of plants?",
   "Botany"
  ],
  [
   "What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?",
   "A ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "What is the largest hot desert's name?",
   "The Sahara"
  ]
 ]
}