Kids are curious creatures who delight in asking oddball questions and learning funny, weird, or gross facts about the world around them. And for that reason, it’s always good to arm yourself with a few lesser-known bizarro science facts to keep on hand for the next time you’re on a video chat with your nephew or your best friend’s daughter and need something to spice up the conversation.
So LifeHacker found 25 of them for you.
1. A sneeze can travel up to 100 mph. (That beats a cheetah, which can only run approximately 50-80 mph).
2. Scientists believe it rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.
3. A polar bear’s skin is black (and its fur is hollow and transparent).
4. A cloud can weigh over a million pounds.
5. If you tickle a rat, it will let out tiny giggles (although they’re too high-pitched for humans to hear). They also jump for joy, which is cute, for a rat.
6. Snails have, like, thousands of teeth.
7. Three percent of the ice in Antarctica is made of penguin pee.
8. Cats can’t taste anything sweet.
9. Hibernating turtles breathe through their butts.
10. The sun is more than 100 times wider than the Earth.
11. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
12. Human teeth aren’t as sharp as shark teeth, but they are as strong.
13. Humans don’t just have unique fingerprints; we each have a unique tongue print, too.
14. Wombats produce cube-shaped droppings that resemble a freshly baked loaf of bread.
15. Octopuses have blue blood.
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