Fun facts have a fantastic effect on the brain, especially children’s developing brains. Fun facts for kids allow children to focus and blend learning with fun!
Kids enjoy gobbling up pieces of information and expanding their knowledge base. But finding out random facts is as enjoyable as confusing, such as – your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.
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This information helps you in no way in day-to-day life, but the phenomena itself is pretty stimulating. Here are a few more facts that will leave your children astonished and smiling:
- The festive tradition of the Christmas tree dates back thousands of years to the Romans and Ancient Egyptians.
- The Queen has two birthdays.
- Apples float on water!
- Number four is the only one with the same amount of letters.
- More than 480 million people have played Monopoly.
- Tomatoes and avocados are fruits, not vegetables.
- The opposite sides of the dice always add up to seven.
- A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the sun.
- A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.” Imagine seeing a flamboyance of pink flamingos together!
- Bees are found everywhere in the world apart from Antarctica.
- Caterpillars have 12 eyes!
- Horses and cows sleep standing up.
- There are more than 1,000 kinds of bats in the world.
- Kangaroos can’t walk backward.
- As well as having unique fingerprints, we all have unique tongue prints.
- 46. Fingernails grow four times faster than your toenails.
- It is impossible to lick your elbow.
- About 70% of an adult human body is water.
- Your nose and ears continue growing for your entire life.
- You can not talk and inhale or exhale simultaneously, try it!
- Your heart is about the same size as your fist.
- Alaska is both the most western and most eastern state in the United States.
- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
- Russia is just two miles from Alaska.
- People can fart after they die.
- Clouds aren’t weightless, they can weigh over a million pounds.
- Female lions do about 90% of the hunting.
- Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s.
- 72. Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian—she was Greek.
- The shortest war in history lasted just 38 minutes! It was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
- Tug of war used to be an Olympic sport.
- Abraham Lincoln was a champion wrestler.
- During the Victorian era, it was popular for people to take photographs of their loved ones after they had died.
- Starfish have no brains.
- Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human residents.
- The state of California has more people than the entire country of Canada.
- Newborn babies are partially colorblind.
- The Olympics used to give medals for art, not just sports.
- A jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds.
- French fries are Belgian, not French.
Get Checkin’!
If your kids enjoy these facts, you can discuss them regularly and help them develop a habit of following up. When people take in a lot of information in small bits that are not interrelated, we tend to take them as they are.
Explain to your children the importance of fact-checking before accepting any piece of trivia. The internet is a simple, accessible tool with multiple sources and can confirm the info in minutes, saving a lifetime of embarrassment.
Learning is ideally a never never-ending process. Keep encouraging them to practice habits that are fun and helpful in growth. Enjoyable activities like reading fun facts, storybooks, or even playing educational games will keep children on their toes and ready for more!
