Do you have a wacky kiddo who loves random facts?
We do!
These are some of the facts that our kids have thought were hilarious…
…and didn’t believe they were true!
Fun Fact Favorites
There are so many fun facts, but my favorite is that kangaroos can’t walk backwards…I can’t imagine not being able to back up!
I think the craziest fact is that there is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. That seems impossible!
The most interesting fact is that sharks can attack in the womb! Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other in their mother’s womb.
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Cool Weird Facts About Humans
You fart on average 14 times a day, and each fart travels from your body at 7 mph.
While you sleep you can’t smell anything – even really, really bad or potent smells.
Some tumors can grow hair, teeth, bones, even fingernails.
Your brain uses 10 watts of energy to think and does not feel pain.
Your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.
A typical cough is 60 mph while a sneeze is often faster than 100 mph.
Your feet typically produce a pint of sweat every single day.
20% of all the oxygen you breathe is used by your brain.
All babies are born with blue eyes.
When you look at a bright sky and see white dots, you are looking at your blood. Those are white blood cells.
Your small intestine is the largest internal organ in your body.
Cool Fun Facts About Animals
Giant Pandas eat approximately 28 pounds of bamboo a day – that’s over 5 tons per year!
Some fish cough. Really.
Cats are not able to taste anything that is sweet.
Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
American Black bears are not just black but include bears of varying colors including blonde, cinnamon, brown, white and even silver-blue.
A horse’s canter is a 3-beat gait. On the second beat, opposite front and rear legs hit the ground at the same time. After the third beat is a “rest”, or suspension, when all three legs are off the ground.
Kangaroos can not walk backwards.
Sea Lions have rhythm. They are the only animal able to clap to a beat.
Baby koalas are fed poo by their parents after they are born which helps them digest Eucalyptus leaves later in life.
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
Don’t like mosquitoes? Get a bat. They could eat 3,000 insects a night.
Birds can not live in space – they need gravity to be able to swallow.
Goats have rectangular pupils in their eyes.
Many mammals, including cats and dogs, walk on their toes in contrast to humans, who walk on the soles of their feet.
If a Donkey and a Zebra have a baby, it is called a Zonkey.
Cows can walk up stairs but not down them.
Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other in their mother’s womb before they are even born.
Totally Random Facts
The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.
The largest living organism in the world is a fungus. It is in Oregon, covering 2,200 acres and is still growing.
The shortest war in history lasted for only 38 minutes.
Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City.
The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.
Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by astronauts.
Because of the 4 stages of the Water Cycle – Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection – water falling as rain today may have previously fallen as rain days, weeks, months or years before.
There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year.
Cans of diet soda will float in water but regular soda cans will sink.
Some perfumes actually have whale poo in them.
The snow on Venus is metal.
You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.
The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
The surface of Mars is covered in rust, making the planet appear red.
A tsunami can travel as fast as a jet plane.
Hilarious Interesting Facts
Want chocolate smelling poo? There is a pill for that.
Before 1913 parents could mail their kids to Grandma’s – through the postal service.
Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
There is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. In a group of 367 people, it is a 100% chance. But only 70 people are required for a 99.9% chance.
Love carrots? Don’t eat too many or you will turn orange.
WANT A PRINTABLE VERSION OF OUR FUN FACT OF THE DAY?
This fun facts for kids printable is perfect for use in the classroom, homeschool or just for silly fun.
For the Random Facts sheet, simply download & print: Random Facts for Kids
Fun Fact of the Day to Make You Go “Hmm” – Printable Cards
Here at Kids Activities Blog, we thought it would also be fun to create some fun fact of the day cards with these interesting facts. Simply download and print the pages and then use scissors to cut along the dotted lines. Place the random facts in a jar on your table or take them along in a bag for fun while waiting.
You can use them daily as a fun fact of the day or as conversation starters at your dinner table. This is what this looks like:
Grab your cards here: Fun Fact of the Day Cards
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Fun Facts about Koalas for Kids
New koala babies are the size of a jelly bean.
They can’t see or hear.
They crawl into their mothers’ pouch and stay there for up to six months. Then baby koalas ride on moms’ backs for a few more months before they’re ready to go it alone.
Kangaroos have a pouch like a pocket. It opens toward the animal’s head. Koalas have pouches that open toward the animal’s hind legs. This is to keep dirt out of the pouch.
Koalas have sharp claws for climbing.
Koalas communicate with each other. They snore, grunt, screech or even scream.
Awww sweet little baby koalas! Thank you for these awesome facts, Zahra!
Dolphins have two stomachs!
Now THAT would come in handy at an all-you-can-eat buffet, haha!
I’m so glad I’m not a koala bear!!
Haha!
It’s physically impossible to keep your eyes open when you sneeze!
I’ve learned that one the hard way, Teresa! OW, lol!
I may never wear perfume again since I don’t know if I’m wearing whale poo!!
Oh, no! Between this bit of information, and another comment about how bat droppings are used in lipstick, I may just steer clear of all cosmetics from now on, Candace. LOL!
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 2 billion degrees kelvin.
Wow! Where was that, Kara?! Was that within the core of Earth, or on the surface somewhere?!
Wombats poo cubes.
Well, that sounds painful. Poor wombats, lol!
I loved reading these !! Great idea to print them out for road trips! ?
So glad that you enjoyed them, Michelle! Yes! Also good to keep on hand to amuse kids during a sick day!
A group of engineering students from Purdue University reported that its licking machine, modeled after a human tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Twenty of the group’s volunteers assumed the licking challenge-unassisted by machinery-and averaged 252 licks each to the center.
Haha! I am sharing this one with my daughter! She is always so frustrated by that commercial! She tried this once when she was little but gave up like 50 licks in and bit the sucker LOL! Thank you for sharing!
A Dolphin sleeps with one eye open!
Dolphins are my spirit animal, LOL!