When I first heard that there are more stars than there are grains of sand on all beaches in the world, I went on a mission to count all the grains out there to see if it’s true. Needless to say, “the world” was the size of my yard and I was five or so. You see where I’m going.
The truth is, kids are naturally curious and always ready to soak up the info they cannot entirely grasp. Tell ‘em about the Bermuda Triangle, and I guarantee they will be pulling all-nighters to solve the biggest puzzle on the planet.
So when one Redditor posted the question “What are some cool facts to tell a 5-year-old?” on r/AskReddit, people rolled up their sleeves. 1,400 comments later, the replies are in, and honestly, some of these may work on adults too.
#1
When they die, ants release pheromones attracting other ants to come and carry their dead bodies away to their graveyards.
Image source: theloneshewolf, wikipedia
#2
A group of zebras is called a dazzle and a group of giraffes is called a journey
Image source: Magicbean96, wikipedia
#3
Otters sometimes hold hands to sleep when in the water, so that they don’t drift apart when floating in the sea
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#4
Dogs can tell when your coming home by how much of your scent is left in the house if you have a daily routine
Image source: BrettyWhite33, wikipedia
#5
You’re more likely to be bitten by a shark AND struck by lightning than win the lottery.
Image source: friendsforfood, wikipedia
#6
A single little brown bat can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour.
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#7
Astronomer here! Clap your hands once, and then clap them again a second later. The two claps were actually done about 30,000 miles apart thanks to the Earth’s motion in space!
Image source: Andromeda321, robcantor
#8
The smell of rain is caused by gases released by bacteria in the earth in reaction to rainwater. It’s called petrichor, petri meaning stone.
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#9
Sharks don’t actually like eating people (we apparently taste bad to them), that’s why most shark bites stop there. Most sharks bite people out of curiosity or because the person unwittingly provoked the shark
Image source: GingerMcginGinII, wikipedia
#10
Turtles can breathe through their butts!
Image source: Ringtailtooter13, wikipedia
#11
Every ‘c’ in ‘Pacific Ocean’ is pronounced differently
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#12
If you make an animal sound at the animal, chances are it will answer you back.
Turkeys are a good example, they answer almost every time. Sheep are quite regular as well.
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#13
Octopuses have 3 hearts Plus they have 8 arms, not tentacles And they have blue blood
Image source: ReaperWright88, wikipedia
#14
Pluto hasn’t completed a lap around the sun since it was discovered
Image source: Suckygarbanzo, wikipedia
#15
Elephants have special graveyards and mourn their fellow elephants when they die.
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#16
Birds like chickens descended from dinosaurs. Watch them look at their chicken nuggets in absolute awe
Image source: Sqweedward, wikipedia
#17
The fear of long words is known as hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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#18
When you look up at the night sky and see a star, it’s because a little particle of light called a photon shot out of the star and traveled across the vast distance of space and time to land safely in your eye. You’re catching a little bit of ancient star whenever you see one
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#19
There are butterflies that mimic the pattern of Monarch butterflies to avoid being eaten by predators because Monarch butterflies are poisonous and predators avoid eating them. In nature, this is called mimicry.
Image source: theloneshewolf, wikipedia
#20
The oxygen that we breathe is the same oxygen that has been around since ancient times. In other words, the air you breathe may very well be the same air breathed by a dinosaur
Image source: theloneshewolf, wikipedia
#21
Brocolli is man-made. It was bred out of wild cabbage by human beings. It didn’t appear naturally until human beings created it
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#22
Humans can run for longer than any other animal.
Image source: GingerMcGinginII, wikipedia
#23
Sharks have been around longer than trees have.
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#24
There are species of jellyfish that are thought by scientists to be immortal. The only way they can die is by disease or injury.
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#25
Some ants can learn to farm aphids for their honey as humans farm cows for milk
Image source: TheOneWhoSucks
#26
There are numbers below zero
Image source: Sergeant_Dimitri, wikipedia
#27
A person gives off more heat than a person-sized piece of the sun.
Image source: Murgatroyd314
#28
We will never experience tomorrow as by the time it’s “tomorrow”, it will be today
Image source: Thanos696969, Universal Pictures
#29
By the standards of the universe,you are both stronger and weaker than millions of things
Image source: notsofancylad, wikipedia
#30
You can’t lick your elbow
Image source: CriticallyNormal, pewdiepie
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