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