Fun Fact Math 6
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
- 7.5 milliontoothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.
- On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.
- The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
- Cats can hear ultrasound.
- The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.
(From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.)
- Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15 % wider than normal.
- A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
- The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- When you die your hair still grows for about 60 days.
- Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
- A starfish doesn't have a brain and isn't actually a fish.
- Death Valley, California, is 282 feet below sea level.
- It is 5,442 miles from London to Los Angeles.
- The fastest fish is a Marlin, which can travel at 68 mph.
- It rains on 350 days of the year on Mt Waialeale, Hawaii.
- The General Sherman tree in the Sequoia National Park, California, is the largest tree in the world. It stands 83.8 meters tall and has a diameter of 11.1m.
- The world's smallest bird is the bee hummingbird which is only 2.5 inches long.
- The Lovell radio telescope, in the UK, is 76 meters in diameter.
- Sturgeon can live to be 80 years old.
- The world's hottest place is Dakol, Ethiopia, with an average temperature of 93.92 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster, in Ohio, was the first coaster to reach speeds of 120 mph.
- The Steel Dragon roller coaster, in Japan, is over 1.5 miles long.
- The largest fish is the whale shark, which can reach 59 feet in length.
- If driving a car at 60 mph, it will take 11.18 million years to travel 1 light year.
- The universe is 13.7 billion years old!
- A cheetah can move up to 820 times faster than a three-toed sloth.
- There are 4.3 million miles of roads in the U.S.
- Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
- 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
- The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
- Butterlies taste with their feet.
- The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
- We, as humans, forget 90 % of our dreams.
- A queen bee lays 1500 egss a day.
- The shrimp’s heart is in its head.
- Hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- Ants never sleep.