One father started telling his daughter very random yet very interesting facts before bedtime but her curiosity has outlasted his knowledge. So, desperate to keep his little one entertained, Redditor u/ExpiringFrog asked people to share tidbits of interesting things that could do the trick. His post quickly went viral, generating nearly 100k upvotes and over 20.5k comments, with cool facts about pretty much everything you could think of. From guinea pig owning laws in Switzerland to the time it takes a snowflake to reach the ground, I think it’s safe to say that the father is covered with fun facts for kids and adults alike! The best part, however, is that you can enjoy these snippets even if you’re not a little girl trying to fall asleep.
#1
Some species of burrowing spiders keep teeny tiny frogs in their burrows to keep it free of bugs too small for the spider to get that might try to eat the spider’s eggs. This means that tiny frogs are spider cats.
Image source: The_First_Viking, Anura
#2
Maybe not mind-blowing, but sometimes dogs/wolves in movies need CGI tails if they’re supposed to be acting mean bc they’re so excited to be doing a good job acting that their tails can’t stop wagging.
Image source: janello710, HBO
#3
In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig; if you have any, you have to have at least two. They get lonely!
Image source: Dickcheese_McDoogles, Terry Madeley
#4
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep and have a favorite rock to hold onto in a secret pouch.
Image source: DoctorWho426, Wikipedia
#5
Oxford University in England is older than the Aztec empire.
Image source: DoctorWho426, Wikipedia
#6
Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
Image source: luxylove916, shteebisgrandmother
#7
Dogs can tell when you’re coming home by how much of your scent is left in the house if you have a daily routine
Image source: babiferari, Brian McGuirk
#8
Cows have “best friends” and get stressed when separated.
Image source: pumpkinadvocate, Neutrahl
#9
Humans are bioluminescent and glow in the dark, but the light that we emit is 1,000 times weaker than our human eyes are able to pick up.
Image source: -eDgAR-, J E Theriot
#10
The Lichtenstein army went to battle in 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War with 80 soldiers and came back with 81. They befriended an Austria man along the way and he joined them.
Image source: Pacot33
#11
Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale’s tongue!
Image source: Delica
#12
Tigers have striped skin
Image source: lovealwayscharlie666, tharmarajs6
#13
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.
Image source: pumpkinadvocate, Chris Fithall
#14
The name for the Arctic comes from the ancient Greek word for bear – arktos. Named after one of the constellations Ursa Major (Big Bear) or Ursa Minor (Little Bear), but there are bears living there too. So basically, the Arctic is called ‘Bear’, and the Antarctic is called ‘Not Bear’
Image source: B3ximus, Polar Cruises
#15
Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn.
Image source: swil-phift
#16
Cows get excited when they solve puzzles.
Image source: calibrateichabod
#17
If you choose to not have children, you’re the first person in your direct line of ancestry to make this choice since the first organism to exist on Earth, about 4 billion years ago.
Image source: Consequence6
#18
From the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was demoted from planethood, it still hadn’t made one complete revolution around the sun.
Image source: gruenoms
#19
Adwaita, a giant tortoise who died in 2006, was born before the United States existed in 1750.
Image source: Consequence6
#20
When a bee is chosen to be the new queen, they are given a special type of honey that completely changes their bodies. Kind of like how a Pokémon evolves.
Image source: SinusMonstrum, Wikipedia
#21
When a cat walks towards you with its tail up that means it likes you and is excited to see you.
Image source: calibrateichabod
#22
A day on Venus takes longer to complete Than a year on Venus.. how? It simply takes longer for Venus to do one complete rotation around its own axis, than it does for the planet to rotate around the sun.
Image source: AmerisaurausRex, Wikipedia
#23
There were wooly mammoths on the planet when the Pyramids were being built.
Image source: DoctorWho426
#24
Bees tell their friends about good nearby flowers by dancing.
Image source: unknown, lynbarton
#25
Before 1914 parents could mail their kids to Grandma’s – through the postal service.
Image source: phillybookwoman
#26
Lobsters were considered disgusting and low-class food, to the point that feeding them to prisoners too often was considered cruel and unusual punishment. Also, they’re basically just big sea roaches.
Image source: Leifur311, Wikipedia
#27
The frequency of a cat’s purr has been shown to improve bone density and strength.
Image source: DoctorWho426
#28
Pufferfish are full of water….not air.
Image source: D-Evolve, ChrisDag
#29
Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t
#30
At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.
Image source: swil-phift
#31
There’s an island in Japan populated by fluffy bunnies!!
Image source: Dickcheese_McDoogles, Wikipedia
#32
The Moon’s diameter is 400 times smaller than the Sun’s. However, the Sun is 400 times further away. This is why we can have both solar and lunar total eclipses.
Image source: Consequence6
#33
There is a bank in Italy that trades entirely in parmesan cheese.
Image source: crucible, Kelly Hau
#34
The pyramids were ancient when Cleopatra was around.
Image source: DoctorWho426, Wikipedia
#35
Cashews come from a fruit.
Image source: The-Goodest-Boi, Joegoauk Goa
#36
Sharks predate trees.
Image source: Consequence6
#37
A blue whale’s heart is as big as a Volkswagen beetle.
Image source: DoctorWho426
#38
Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.
Image source: Truffle__Fries, Andrew Wilkinson
#39
Otters have skin pockets for their favorite rocks.
Image source: CryoWreck
#40
There is the term „rubberducking“ which is used by programmers to help them find mistakes. They explain their problem to a rubber duck and by doing so often find a solution.
Image source: Toykio
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