1. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.
Every 10 minutes dolphins need to come up for air, but sloths can hold
their breath for 40 minutes.
2. The world’s oldest dog lived to be 29.5 years old.
The Australian cattle dog named Bluey lived to be 29.5 years old when the average age for dogs is from 10-15
years. This weird animal fact should resonate with dog lovers around the world.
3. The oldest cat in the world lived to be 38 years and three days old.
Creme Puff lived a sweet, long life. On average, cats tend to live around 15 years.
4. Tigers have striped skin.
This weird animal fact just might surprise you. It’s not only the tiger’s fur that is striped.
5. The blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant.
Another weird fun fact about these mammals is that an adult elephant can even fit on the tongue of a blue
whale.
6. Snails have teeth.
They can have anywhere from 1,000 to 12,000 teeth.
7. We are more creative in the shower.
If you’ve ever felt like you think better in a warm shower, you’re probably right! The warm water increases
the flow of dopamine and makes us more creative.
8. A horse can have more than one horsepower.
The highest amount of power a horse can produce amounts to 24 horsepower.
9. Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.
Since guinea pigs are such social creatures, one guinea pig would get lonely so having just one is
considered animal abuse in Switzerland.
10. The Spanish national anthem has no words.
The “Marcha Real” is one of only four national anthems in the world (along with those of Bosnia,
Herzegovina, Kosovo, and San Marino) to have no official lyrics.
11. Argentina is where the world’s first animated feature film was created.
Before Disney’s Snow White was made in 1937, Argentina was home to the first full-length animated feature
film called El Apóstol. It was a political satire consisting of 58,000 drawings and running for 70 minutes.
12. In 1905, an 11-year-old boy invented ice pops.
11-year-old Frank Epperson left out a wooden stirrer in a cup of water and soda pop overnight. When he
discovered it was frozen the next morning, he also discovered the very first ice pop.
13. The human brain is eating itself.
Phagocytosis is where cells consume smaller cells or molecules to ultimately remove them from the system.
This is not a harmful process but a necessary one in order to preserve gray matter in the brain.
14. The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
Veins, arteries and capillaries. One weird fact about the human body is that a child’s circulatory system
stretches out to 60,000 miles long. By the time they’re adults, it stretches out to 100,000 miles of blood
vessels.