Bet You Didn’t Know! 15 Bizarre Facts To Blow Your Inquisitive Kids’ Minds Away

Last Updated on April 13, 2017 by Marie Bautista

Adrian with the chalk he made in Arts class

I bet you get those days…For me, it is everyday.  When your pre-schooler or grade schooler would ask you non-stop about stuff and would give you an endless barrage of whys and whats after you answered his first “why?” and “what?”

Well, here are some stuff I saw around the world wide web that would feed his thirst for knowledge.  Just hoping he won’t have a follow up “Why” and “How Come” (I seriously did not know all these as well, so for all you single ladies – and men – out there, you can shoot these facts out – and impress – I hope- your dates.)

1. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
2. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (This one is true.  I tried and it really is impossible.  And oh, ladies, have you noticed how you sort of open your mouth when you put on your mascara? I tried applying it with my mouth closed and it just won’t work.)
3. A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head!  (Ewww! Good thing it does not happen to people!) 
   

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4. Elephants spend 23 hours a day just eating!  (Don’t look at me…)
5. Tigers have striped skin,  not just striped fur. 
6. All the planets in our solar system rotate counterclockwise except Venus.  It is the only planet that rotates clockwise (Bet your Science Teacher did not tell you that!) Edit:  Kat of Kat’s Journey said her Science Teacher told that Venus and Uranus rotate clockwise.  I checked and found out another bizarre fact:  Uranus rotates on its side! 
   

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7. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents (I will start listing all those scents…)
8. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
9. No word in the English language rhymes with MONTH, PURPLE, ORANGE or SILVER.
10. Snails can sleep for three years (Do they need to be kissed by Snail Charming to wake up?)
    
11. Ants do not sleep.  (I bet they want to turn into snails…)
12. The ears of a cricket are located on its front legs, just below the knee.  (Huh?)
    

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13. There are more chickens than people in the world.  (Good because I don’t want to run out of my Chicken Joys and KFCs)
14. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain (I know somebody who is like that and she is not an ostrich…just kidding)
15. Polar bears are left-handed – although some scientists do dispute this.  (I used to call Paula, my first-born, Paula bear when she was a baby and she turned out left-handed.)
    

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