Weird But True!

 The biggest butterfly has a wingspan of 31 cm.

Trees did not come before sharks. 

Honey never spoils. 

A lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the sun.

The  longest a human has held their breath underwater is over 24.5 minutes

 There is one species of jellyfish that is technically immortal.

 The moon is shrinking

A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. 

 If the earth doubled in size trees would immediately fall over. 

 Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.

 Flamingos are not born pink.

 The world's shortest war lasted between 38 and 45 minutes.

 The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.

 You are able to smell ants.

 Giraffes hum to communicate with each other 

 Kangaroos cannot walk backward.

 Cows sleep standing up.

“New car smell” is a mix of over 200 chemicals

 Scotland has 421 words to describe "snow."

 In space, astronauts can grow taller (even after they stop growing).

You inhale 50 potentially harmful bacteria every time you breathe.

Plants came before seeds.

 The moon is shrinking.

 Someone left a family photo on the Moon.

Earth is 4.54 billion years old.

A cloud weighs around 1 million tonnes. 

Giraffes are 30 times more likely than humans to be struck by lightning.

Your brain is constantly eating itself.

The largest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop discovered is over 30 cm long and over two liters in volume.

Ketchup was once used as medicine.

Water is not actually wet. 

A chicken once went 18 months without a head.

The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

The oldest dog lived until 29.5 years old.

The sun makes a sound, we just can’t hear it.

You can die if you laugh to hard

Studies have shown that T-rex likely had feathers 

Football players wearing red play better. 

Your signature could reveal character traits.

There's no such thing as a straight line.

Bananas are radioactive.

You can yoyo in outer space.

Not only plants photosynthesise.

Hippos can't swim. 

Your nails grow faster in heat.

Starfish don't have bodies.

It’s almost impossible to over-sugar from fresh fruit.

All mammals get goosebumps.

Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't. 

 Octopuses have 3 hearts.