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On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.,

Transportation and housing make up about 60% of the carbon footprint of US households. This is due to the fuels used for transportation and to heat, cool and power our homes.

There have been studies that show that goats, like us, have accents.

The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) is composed of 21 global cities with the common goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050.

Sloths cannot shiver to stay warm, and so have difficulty maintaining their body temperature on rainy days.

Wombat poop is cube-shaped.

One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV (ok, now you can go take a nap).

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.

Starfish don't have brains.

The females of some moth species lack wings, all they can do to move is crawl.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

Whales swallow half a million calories in a single mouthful.

The five warmest years on record have occurred in the last decade.

Peanuts aren’t actually nuts. They are part of the legume family.

Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks

Frogs cannot vomit. If one absolutely has to, it will vomit its entire stomach.

Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.

Georgetown utilizes alternative fuels for many of its forms of transportation, including biodiesel buses and electric golf carts.

An aluminum can may be recycled ad infinitum (forever!).

Orcas are a natural predator to moose.,

In the wintertime reindeer grow their facial hair long enough to cover their mouths, which protects their muzzles when grazing in the snow. Beard-os!

There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal

The 'sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

The EU has banned 8 types of the most common single-use plastics, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, and cotton buds made with plastic.

People used to think that some lambs grew on trees.

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe beside him.

Did you know cranberries bounce like a ball in their ripe state?

Dogs have wet noses because they secrete a thin layer of mucus, which actually helps dogs smell!

Cat urine glows under a black-light.

There are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos.

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

About one-third of an average landfill is made up of packaging material.

The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on the planet.

Bob Ross’s hair was naturally straight, but he chose to get a perm so he could save money on haircuts when touring the US penniless in his mobile home. Bob actually hated his curly hair but kept it as it was iconic.

One cool fact you know about star fish already is that it can regenerate a limb that has been cut off from its body. But did you know that lost limb could create a whole star fish as well?

The average cloud weighs an estimated 1.1 million pounds.

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

A baby spider is called a spiderling.

When a person gets a kidney transplant, they usually just leave the original kidneys in their body and put the 3rd kidney in the lower abdomen.,

A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

There are 222 owl species in the world. Most are nocturnal, but a few are active during the daytime, such as the Barred Owl.

The state of Maryland has no natural Lakes.

The tongue of a blue whale weighs more than most elephants.

The average college student produces 640 pounds of solid waste each year, including 500 disposable cups and 320 pounds of paper.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.

Children living near freeways have shown to have substantial deficits in lung function, and they develop asthma exacerbations, increased risk of low birth weight, and premature birth.

The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.

In the wild, some reindeer travel more than 3000 miles in a single year.

In response to the first Earth Day in 1970, the U.S. Government created the Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species Acts, and the EPA.

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.

Only half of the dolphins brain goes to sleep when asleep and the other half stays awake.

The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.

A fox uses its tail to communicate with other foxes.

There are about 24,000 species of butterflies. The moths are even more numerous: about 140,000 species of them were counted all over the world.

Hippopotamus milk is pink.

A human's small intestine is about 18 feet long.

You can hear rhubarb as it grows.

The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

A tigers roar can be heard up to two miles away.

A strawberry isn't a berry, but a banana is.

The kangaroo mouse never needs to drink water.

Birds don’t urinate.

Over 6 million people currently live in coastal areas vulnerable to sea-level rise at 1°C degrees, and at 2°C, climate change would affect 10 million more people by the end of this century.

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)

Nearly 10% of all of a cat's bones are in its tail.

There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.

Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.

The world's tallest tree is a coast redwood in California, measuring more than 360 feet or 110 meters.

Some cats are allergic to humans.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Georgetown’s campus has four green roofs (O’Gara Terrace Green roof, John R. Thompson, Jr. Intercollegiate Athletic Center, Arrupe, and the Leavey Esplanade) that provide homes for local pollinators as well as increase efficiency of heating and cooling of the buildings they are located on.

Sesame seeds were once worth more than gold

As of 2018, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere was 408 parts per million — the highest it has been in 3 million years.

Crows hold grudges. Scientists in 2011 discovered that crows remember faces.

The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. That animal is the African Elephant.

A modern glass bottle takes 4000 years or more to decompose.

Polar bears aren’t actually white. They have black fur but when light is trapped inside the hollow part of the hair, it causes a reaction called luminescence that makes them appear white.

The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long.

If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Only 1% of the world's water supply is usable, 97% are the oceans and 2% is frozen (for now).

Giraffe tongues are nearly two feet long.

A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a lima bean.

Up to 90% of the energy used during a washing machine’s cleaning cycle goes into heating the water, so use the cold setting.

Cows moo in regional accents.

A water dropwort is a highly poisonous plant. If it kills you, it can cause you to smile after you die. This is called a sardonic grin.

Even after being frozen, lobsters can come back to life.

Penguins are known to 'propose' to their mates with pebbles.

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy.

Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots (just checking that you're still paying attention!).

Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin – the same material that a bird’s beak and our fingernails are made of.

Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers.”

In the last 170 years, we added 2 trillion tons of Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere. Half of this was added in the last 35 to 50 years.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

An octopus has three hearts.

A snail can sleep for three years.

A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.

Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees (about the same for more major papers' Sunday editions).

The caterpillars of some Snout Moths (Pyralididae) live in or on water-plants.

Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions.

Egg yolks are one of the few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.

It is possible for a cow to walk upstairs but not downstairs.

The kangaroo mouse never needs to drink water.

Ladybirds can fly at speeds up to 37 mph.

On average, ONE supermarket goes through 60,500,000 paper bags per year! Bring a reusable bag instead.

25% of the bottled water you buy is really municipal tap water, so you might as well pass on the plastic bottle.

There are fewer atoms on Earth than there are ways to arrange a deck of cards.

Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't. In botanical terms, berries are classified as fleshy fruits produced from a single ovary, and bananas fit this definition, while strawberries do not.

A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.'

Germany has the best recycling rate in the world followed by Austria, South Korea, and Wales.

Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.

We consume over 80 trillion aluminum cans every year.

Lighting accounts for 15% of global electricity use. Switching to LEDs will use 90% less energy and last far longer than with the use of incandescent lights.

There are ice caves in Iceland that have hot springs.

One of the smartest bird species is the magpie. They can even recognize themselves in mirrors.

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years.

A single rainforest can produce 20% of the Earth's oxygen.

Although greenhouse gas emissions are primarily associated with the burning of fossil fuels (chiefly, coal, oil and natural gas), they come from many sources. As a result, any effort to reduce the human impact on the climate will need to engage all sectors of society.

Tropical forests cover less than 7 percent of Earth’s landmass but are home to about 50 percent of all living things on the planet.

Most insects are beneficial to people because they eat other insects, pollinate crops, are food for other animals, make products we use (like honey and silk) or have medical uses.

Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans.

This year’s theme for Earth Day is “Climate Action."

Lima beans have an amazing ability to command wasps as a defense. If insects are eating the lima bean's leaves, the plant gives off a substance that acts as a signal to parasitic wasps to swoop in and destroy their enemy (i.e. the leaf-eating insects).

One in every five adults believes that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.

Clams have feet.

The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world's people generate 40% of the world's waste. We toss out two billion plastic razors, a million and a half tons of paper towels, and 12 billion disposable diapers annually.

While pandas sometimes eat fish or small animals, 99% of their diet is bamboo.

The world's oldest trees are 4,600 year old Bristlecone pines in the USA.

A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.

Despite the fact that Norway is over 6,000 miles from Brazil, the country donated a billion US dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest between 2008 and 2015. In fact, the Norwegians are the biggest benefactor in the world for protecting the tropical rainforests.

In Bruges, Belgium, there is an underground pipeline that runs 2 miles to transfer beer from a brewery to the bottling plant.

Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Armadillos almost always give birth to identical quadruplets.

The Smog Free Project, headed by Daan Roosegaard, is a pioneering technology that removes smog from the air and turns it into jewelry.

Avocados and watermelons are also berries.

Jelly fish will melt in the sun. this is because it is made up for 95% water.

Soil is more than just dirt — it’s practically a living organism! One handful of healthy soil contains billions of micro-organisms that are critical to storing gases, breaking down and retaining nutrients, and growing healthy plants.

No matter what legend says, it is very much possible for lightning to strike twice.

The rhinoceros beetle is the strongest animal and is capable of lifting 850 times its own weight.

The largest living animal is the blue whale, which can measure as much as 100 feet.

Horses cannot physically vomit.

Cucamelons (or "mouse melons") look like grape-sized watermelons but have a citrus flavor.

For oceans, oil spills aren’t the big(gest) problem. Headline-grabbing oil spills account for just 12 percent of the oil in our oceans. Three times as much oil is carried out to sea via runoff from our roads, rivers and drainpipes.

Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, said that his firm would avoid investing in companies that “present a high sustainability-related risk."

Saudi Arabia has to buy sand and camels from Australia

A human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

A giraffe's tongue is so long that it can lick the inside of its own ear.

Carrots weren't always orange: they were once exclusively purple.

Consumer Reports tested disposable mops and found that they can cost $115+ a year, compared with $50 for a traditional sponge mop with replacement heads and cleanser (so get rid of that Swiffer!).

Dolphins have been seen wrapping sea sponges around their long snouts to protect them from cuts while foraging for food.

The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.

The sun can fit about a million Earths inside it.

The average human brain contains around 78% water.

The fastest recorded raindrop was 18 mph!

One tiger killed more people than 30 years of all bears, spiders, and snakes combined

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

“Banana” flavoring is based on an extinct type of banana

Wasps are more likely to attack at the end of summer.

Forests are home to 50 million indigenous people around the world, more than the populations of Tokyo, Mexico City, London, New York City and Cairo combined.

Between North and South Korea lies 155 miles of no man’s land, where hundreds of rare animal species thrive.

At any given moment, there are 1,800 thunderstorms happening on Earth. This amounts to 16 million storms each year.

Black apples exist.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

Earth used to be purple.,

The double coconut palm produced the biggest seed in the world: 45 pounds.

The very first animals in space were fruit flies...they were sent up in 1947 and recovered alive.

The largest turtle ever recorded weighed more than a ton.

Stars don't really twinkle.

Lightning can, in fact, strike twice.

The eyes of an ostrich are bigger than its brain.

It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.

Think square watermelons do not exist? You can actually buy one in Japan!

Due to uneven distribution patterns, minority and low income communities have far less access to green spaces than white, affluent communities and have limited resources to maintain the green spaces they do have.

High-heeled shoes were originally designed for rich men. Persian men started the trend.

Non-violent attempts to escape Mexican prisons are not punished because “it’s human nature to want freedom.”

Animals yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.

Every day, American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times!

Bananas are a rich source of potassium and as such can be deemed radioactive!

There’s a species of jellyfish that is essentially immortal.

A jockey won a horse race while dead.

Slugs have four noses.

There are more than 70 species of mushrooms that glow in the dark.

Sharks lived on earth before trees.,

The tongue of a blue whale weighs as much as an elephant.

The US makes up only 5% of the world population, but it throws away enough plastic bottles in a week to encircle the Earth 5 times.

A honeybee can fly at 15 miles per hour.

The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour, most of which are thrown away!

Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck bones

The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee after he died.

Clouds may look weightless but they can weigh up to 1.1 billion pounds!

Ever wondered why leaves turn red/yellow and fall off trees during winter? This is because the lack of sunlight prevents the production of chlorophyll – the pigment responsible for the production of the green color in leaves.

Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

Cows have best friends and can become stressed when they are separated.

Most emissions come from a relatively small number of countries. The seven largest emitters—the United States, the European Union (EU), China, Russia, Japan, India, and Canada—accounted for more than 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions in 2004.

There is a liquid that you can breathe in called perfluorohexane. Animals can be submerged in a bath of perfluorohexane without drowning.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy.

After a kidney transplant, you actually have three kidneys

The poison dart frog has enough poison to kill 10 grown men.

At Georgetown, more than 400 students, faculty and staff have made a pledge to reduce single-use plastics, showing the commitment of our Hoya community to reducing waste.

Out of the 400 species of parrots, there is only one that can’t fly, called the Kakapo parrot.

If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground, it can't hop.

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.

The total weight of all air on Earth is 11 quintillion pounds.

Honeybees can recognize human faces.

The average housefly lives for one month.

The gold in Earth's core could cover the planet in a knee-high layer.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day

Greenland sharks don’t reach sexual maturity until they’re 150.

Almonds are part of the peach family.

Every mammal has the same number of neck vertebrae—except for two.

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

Worms wiggle up from the ground when a flood is coming.

The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.

Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, gai lan, kale, kohlrabi, and savoy are all the same species of plant called \Brassica oleracea\,

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

The largest living thing on earth is a giant sequoia named General Sherman.

There are black apples called Black Diamond apples.

The stronger the wind, the longer a parrot's scream.

In terms of mass, the total amount of ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total amount of humans.

There are now giant pigs as heavy as polar bears.

In 2013, a plant was genetically spliced that grew tomatoes above ground, and potatoes underground. It is called the TomTato.

Mark Twain was born on the same day Halley’s Comet flew by the earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Comet appeared on April 21, 1910, which is the day Mark Twain died.,

The strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the outside.

It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Antimatter is the most expensive substance on earth. It costs roughly $62.5 trillion per gram, or $1.75 quadrillion per ounce.

A majority of the Sahara Desert is covered in gravel.

The longest bout of hiccups lasted for 68 years.

A modern glass bottle takes 4000 years or more to decompose.

A group of owls is called a 'parliament.'

A flea can jump up to 350 times its own body length.

Sea level rise is accelerating and is projected to rise by a foot by 2050.

Agriculture uses up 70% of our global freshwater. It goes up to 90% in fast-developing countries.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

Scientists predict that if the increase in greenhouse gas emissions continues unabated, temperatures will rise by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century.

The world’s biggest-ever recorded turtle was a Leatherback Turtle estimated to be 100 years old which was almost 9 feet in length and weighed 2,016 pounds.

Cows have best friends and can become stressed when they are separated from them.

Some lipsticks contain fish scales.

There are more beetles than any other animal. In fact, one out of every four animals is a beetle.

Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for three hours.

There are 30 times more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. It’s estimated that there are 100 billion stars and 3 trillion trees.

The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.

A chili pepper rightly named the Dragon’s breath is so hot that it can actually kill the person who tries to consume it. It was developed as a pain killer and not for regular consumption or use.

Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.

Garlic bulbs are full of Vitamin C, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and more. It also has 17 amino acids.

Emu eggs look like something straight out of Game of Thrones:

The FDA once banned sliced bread because it used too much plastic packaging.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.

Around 20% of the world’s total oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest, where 1% of tree species sequester 50% of the region’s carbon. The forest has 16,000 different species of trees and is estimated to have nearly 400 billion individual trees. All of this arboreal magnificence sequesters between 90 and 140 billion metric tons of carbon. When we lose forest habitat, that carbon makes its way back into the atmosphere.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.

Some tornadoes can be faster than Formula One race cars!

Nutmeg can be poisonous in large doses.

Turtles can breathe out of their butts.

More people drown in deserts than die of thirst.

Native Americans make only about 1% of the U.S. population and occupy about 4% of the land, but they disproportionately face dislocation and food shortages attributed to climate change.

When Pink Floyd designed the “Animals” album cover, the inflatable pig tied to the power station broke free, causing Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights.

Apple pips are poisonous and can kill you but you will have to eat several thousand to feel the effects.

Agricultural emissions could be reduced by as much as 70% by adopting a vegan diet and 63% by adopting a vegetarian diet.

The Ozone Layer “Hole” which is 29 million square kilometers, is expected to be fully healed in the next 55 years. This is due to the worldwide banning of chlorofluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon.

There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth.

500 seeds of 5 different types of seeds were taken into orbit around the moon and later planted around the U.S. as well as a few countries. They were called Moon Trees.

Saturn is so big that Earth could fit into it a whopping 755 times!

The female hummingbird builds the world's smallest bird's nest (approximately 1.5 inches in diameter, around the size of a walnut!). She weaves it from spiderwebs which allows it to expand as the chicks grow.

Lobster was once considered such a garbage food it could only be fed to prisoners

Between 2006 and 2014, Georgetown cut its carbon footprint by over 71% years earlier than projected.

The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.

Owls dont have eyeballs.

Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.

There are 2,000 thunderstorms on Earth every minute.

Although Leo O’Donovan first launched post-consumer composting in January 2020, pre-consumer composting has been around for 11 years.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.'

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

There are over 6,000 known species of grass.

Clams have feet. Fact.

Jane Fonda, who spoke at Georgetown in January 2020, has been arrested a total of 5 times for her involvement in climate protests.

Americans thought tomatoes were poisonous until the early 19th century.

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

You could fit all the planets between the Earth and the moon.,

The world’s indigenous population makes up just 5% of the global population yet protects 80% of global biodiversity.

No other animals have chins besides humans.

There are over a million described species of insects. Some people estimate there are actually between 15 and 30 million species.

Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries that “proved” mermaids exist. So many people thought it was real that the U.S. government issued an official statement about it.

The largest land animal in Antarctica is an insect: the columbola (which looks like an earwig). Penguins are considered marine animals.

In terms of mass, the total amount of ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total amount of humans.

If you walk a mile along an average US highway, you will see, on average about 1,457 pieces of litter (yuck!).

A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair.

An automatic dishwasher uses less hot water than doing dishes by hand, an average of six gallons less per cycle, or over 2,000 gallons per year.

One of the most painful stings known to mankind is from the platypus.

1 teaspoon of honey is the lifework of 12 bees.

Peanuts aren't nuts! (They're legumes.)

A human could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale.

In 2015, about 54 million people (17% of total U.S. population) had low access to a supermarket due to limited transportation and uneven distribution of supermarkets.

Say no to bags when you go shopping! A plastic bag is used for an average of 12 minutes but will remain in the environment for 1,000 years before it decomposes.

Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

Dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate.

Spiders are arachnids and not insects.

Every time you open the refrigerator door, up to 30 percent of the cold air can escape.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

A chicken survived for 18 months without a head

During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce aluminum cans are made.

Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other.

Other than humans, emperor penguins are the only warm-blooded animal to stay in Antarctica for the winter.

Some butterfly species are extremely fast; the Skipper Butterfly can fly faster than a horse can run.

Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.

In order to protect themselves from poachers, African Elephants have been evolving without tusks, which unfortunately also hurts their species.

Some Case Moth caterpillars (Psychidae) build a case around themselves that they always carry with them. It is made of silk and pieces of plants or soil.

Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

There is only one fruit whose seeds are on the outside instead of the inside and that is a strawberry.

The Environmental Studies minor at Georgetown offers a diverse course load in the intersection of science, policy, and humanities with classes ranging from Gender & Sustainability to Urban Foraging and Ecology.

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.,

There is a species of jellyfish known as Turritopsis dohrnii that is considered biologically immortal.

There are more trees on earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.,

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.

Hares are born with fur and can see whilst rabbits are born “naked” and blind.

A queen termite can live up to 50 years.

The wind is silent until it blows against something.

The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world’s people generate 40% of the world’s waste. We toss out two billion plastic razors, a million and a half tons of paper towels, and 12 billion disposable diapers annually.

Fungus is more closely related to animals on a genetic level than they are to plants.

Tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.

Kangaroos can't walk backwards.

A single cloud can weigh more than 1 million pounds.

Cherries are a member of the rose family (Rosaceae) as are quince, pears, plums, apples, peaches, and raspberries!

Penguins are known to 'propose' to their mates with pebbles.

The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.

If all of the water on Earth fell as rain at once, the entire planet would get 1 inch of precipitation.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

Americans thought tomatoes were poisonous until the early 19th century.

Clouds look white because they are reflecting sunlight from above them.

In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The Earth’s atmosphere is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.

Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.

Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute.

Pound cake is so-called because the recipes once called for a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs, and a pound of flour.

A group of crows is called a murder.

It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.

Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.

"Mountain Dew" used to be slang for moonshine.

To avoid flying, Greta Thunberg sailed to North America from Sweden where she attended the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit.

Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature.

More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable!

Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.

Greenland sharks don't reach sexual maturity until they're 150.

On average, ONE supermarket goes through 60,500,000 paper bags per year!

The biggest fossil of a spider was found in China. It is one inch long and 165 million years old.

People called 911 when seeing the Milky Way for the first time

Dragonflies can catch their prey mid-air with a 95% success rate.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay, Japan. It's 10 meters underwater.

Wombat poop is shaped like a cube.

In March 2019, climate campaigners across the world came together to coordinate the first Global Strike for Climate, inspired by Greta Thunberg’s climate activism efforts. Over 1 million people from 125 countries took part.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.