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

There are now giant pigs as heavy as polar bears.

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.

Ladybirds can fly at speeds up to 37 mph.

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

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.

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

A majority of the Sahara Desert is covered in gravel.

It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.

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

After a kidney transplant, you actually have three kidneys

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

Hippopotamus milk is pink.

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

The average housefly lives for one month.

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!).

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.

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

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

The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.

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

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.

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Kangaroos can't walk backwards.

A human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

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

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

People used to think that some lambs grew on trees.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

We consume over 80 trillion aluminum cans every year.

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

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

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

Orcas are a natural predator to moose.,

Cat urine glows under a black-light.

A queen termite can live up to 50 years.

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

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

Saudi Arabia has to buy sand and camels from Australia

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

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

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

It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.

Clams have feet. Fact.

The average human brain contains around 78% water.

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

A single cloud can weigh more than 1 million pounds.

A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.'

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

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

An octopus has three hearts.

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

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

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

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

A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair.

Black apples exist.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

Owls dont have eyeballs.

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

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

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.

Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

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

More people drown in deserts than die of thirst.

Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks

Some tornadoes can be faster than Formula One race cars!

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

Honeybees can recognize human faces.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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

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.

A group of owls is called a 'parliament.'

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

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

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

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

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

Armadillos almost always give birth to identical quadruplets.

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

A group of crows is called a murder.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.'

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

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.,

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

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

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

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

The average cloud weighs an estimated 1.1 million pounds.

"Mountain Dew" used to be slang for moonshine.

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

Starfish don't have brains.

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

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

The kangaroo mouse never needs to drink water.

The kangaroo mouse never needs to drink water.

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.

Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birds don’t urinate.

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

Earth used to be purple.,

No other animals have chins besides humans.

Giraffe tongues are nearly two feet long.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.

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

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

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

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

There are over 6,000 known species of grass.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Wombat poop is cube-shaped.

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

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

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

The fastest recorded raindrop was 18 mph!

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

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.

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.

Some cats are allergic to humans.

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.,

A snail can sleep for three years.

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.

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

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

A chicken survived for 18 months without a head

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

Slugs have four noses.

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

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

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.

Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.

Nutmeg can be poisonous in large doses.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

A baby spider is called a spiderling.

The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.

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

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

The sun can fit about a million Earths inside it.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years.

Lightning can, in fact, strike twice.

Avocados and watermelons are also berries.

The eyes of an ostrich are bigger than its brain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sharks lived on earth before trees.,

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe beside him.

Dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate.

Sesame seeds were once worth more than gold

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

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

The longest bout of hiccups lasted for 68 years.

The wind is silent until it blows against something.

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.

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.

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?

A jockey won a horse race while dead.

Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.

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

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

There are 2,000 thunderstorms on Earth every minute.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.

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

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

Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck bones

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.

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

A fox uses its tail to communicate with other foxes.

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

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.

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.

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

Horses cannot physically vomit.

There are ice caves in Iceland that have hot springs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The largest turtle ever recorded weighed more than a ton.

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

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.

Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

You can hear rhubarb as it grows.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

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

There are black apples called Black Diamond apples.

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

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

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

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

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

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

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

Clams have feet.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Whales swallow half a million calories in a single mouthful.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

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

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

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

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

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

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

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

Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.

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

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!

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

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

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.

Cows moo in regional accents.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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

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

1 teaspoon of honey is the lifework of 12 bees.

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

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

The state of Maryland has no natural Lakes.

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

Almonds are part of the peach family.

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.

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

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.

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

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.

A honeybee can fly at 15 miles per hour.

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

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

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

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

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

Turtles can breathe out of their butts.

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

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

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

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

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Wombat poop is shaped like a cube.

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

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

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

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

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

Stars don't really twinkle.

Some lipsticks contain fish scales.

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

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.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

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

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

Spiders are arachnids and not insects.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.