Did You Know Facts For Kids
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Did you know that the human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents? Or that a cockroach can live for a week without its head? These are just a couple of the many amazing facts that kids can learn and share with their friends.
Here are some more interesting and fun did you know facts for kids:
– A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
– The shortest war in history was between England and Zanzibar in 1896. It only lasted 38 minutes.
– The largest living organism on Earth (by span) is a fungus that covers over 2,200 acres in Oregon.
– The first-ever computer mouse was made of wood.
– The tallest active geyser in the world is Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, which can shoot water up to 300 feet high.
– The longest continuous mountain range on Earth is the mid-ocean ridge, which stretches over 40,839 miles.
– The longest word in the English language currently recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles.
– The oldest known living tree on Earth is a Great Basin bristlecone pine named Methuselah. It is over 4,800 years old.
Learning did you know facts can be a fun and easy way for kids to expand their knowledge and impress their friends and family. These facts can also spark curiosity and lead to further research and learning.