FUN FACTS

1. Australia is wider than the moo. The moon sits at 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles)

2. Headphones can increase the bacteria in your ears. Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times.

3. Avocados are not vegetablesAvocados are fruits because they are single-seeded berries.

4. The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer. When the iron heats up, the tower can be up to 15 centimeters (6 inches) taller due to thermal expansion.

5. Only four words in the English language end in dous.- Horrendous, tremendous, hazardous, and stupendous.

6. Human teeth are the only part of the body that can’t heal themselves. Teeth are not made of live tissue and are coated in enamel, which can’t spontaneously regenerate.

7. Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise. Every 225 Earth days, Venus travels around the sun, but Venus rotates clockwise once every 243 days.

8. An animal’s yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.

9. In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone

10. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.

11.The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing.

12. It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. (try it!)

13. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

14. A shrimp's heart is in its head.

15. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

16. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

17. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

18. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

19. Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

20. You probably know that snails are petty slow creatures, but did you know that they also take the longest naps? One nap can last up to three years!

21. You may be jealous of a bird's ability to fly, but it may soothe your envy to learn they can't live in space because they need gravity to swallow

22. Not only are sea lions totally adorable, but they're also very musical. They are the only animal that can clap to a beat.

23. Like humans, koalas actually have unique individual fingerprints. If you place a koala and human finger print side by side, they're actually pretty hard to differentiate.

24. Slugs have not one, not two, not three... but four noses. They don't work like human noses do, exactly. Instead, they sense chemicals, sounds, lights, and more.

25. It takes a sloth two to four weeks to digest food. They actually have the slowest metabolic system of any mammal.

26. Just like human babies suck their thumbs, baby elephants sometimes suck on their trunks. They can also stand within 20 minutes of birth (though they can't see for a while, and instead sense their mothers through sound and smell).

27. There is only one country on earth without mosquitoes: Iceland. Its low temperatures make it impossible for the pest to breed.

28. The name of a group of lemurs is (wait for it) a "conspiracy." Really. This is because they often work together in their social groups to outsmart prey.

29. The world's longest concert lasted 453 hours.

30. It takes 70 different pieces of wood to make up a violin, explaining why some of them are so expensive (one even sold for $16 million).

31. Only 5% of the ocean has been explored. The intense pressure at the deepest depths of the ocean makes it virtually impossible to navigate.

32. Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

33. The British royal family isn't allowed to play Monopoly because it gets too competitive.

34. Queen Elizabeth only wore one nail polish color, Essie's Ballet Slippers.