r>1. The world's smallest mammal: the bumblebee bat The bumblebee bat, also known as the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, is the world's smallest mammal. It weighs only about two grams and is found in Thailand and Myanmar.
2. Spiders can fly While spiders don't have wings, many species of them can fly. They do this by using a technique called ballooning, where they release a strand of silk and let the wind carry them away.
3. The world's largest living organism is a fungus The Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, is the world's largest and oldest living organism. It covers over 2,200 acres in Oregon and is estimated to be 2,400 years old.
4. The longest recorded flight by a chicken was 13 seconds Yes, chickens can fly, but not very far. The longest recorded flight was 13 seconds.
5. The temperature on Venus can melt lead Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures that can reach up to 864 degrees Fahrenheit. This is hot enough to melt lead.
6. The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes The Anglo-Zanzibar War, fought between the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896, lasted only 38 minutes, making it the shortest war in history.
7. The world’s largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick A snowflake that size would be the equivalent of stacking 200 individual snowflakes on top of one another. It was reported to have fallen in Montana in January 188
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8. A cockroach can live for several weeks without a head Cockroaches can survive without their heads because they breathe through small holes in their bodies called spiracles.
9. Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian The famous Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian in the 1400s.
10 The oldest known toothbrush dates back to ancient Egypt The first toothbrush was invented in ancient Egypt around 3000 BC. It was made of a twig with frayed ends, used to brush teeth. 1
1. Humans and giraffes have the same number of vertebrae Despite their long necks, giraffes actually have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as humans do - seven. 1
2. The tallest person in recorded history was over 8 feet tall Robert Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant, was the tallest person in recorded history. He stood at 8 feet 11 inches tall at the time of his death. 1
3. The world's largest diamond was over 3,100 carats The Cullinan diamond, discovered in South Africa in 1905, weighed over 3,100 carats and was cut into several smaller diamonds, some of which adorn the British Crown Jewels. 1
4. The longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters The longest word in the English language is the chemical name for the protein, Titin. It has 189,819 letters and takes over
3.5 hours to pronounce. 1
5. The shortest complete sentence in English is "I am" "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.