What do you know about the Galapagos Islands? Do you know what the name of the largest island is? (Hint, it’s number 9.) The Archipelago group known as the Galapagos Islands consists of 7,880 km² (3,040 mi²) of land spread over 45,000 km² (17,000 mi²) of ocean. There are 13 main islands, 7 smaller, and …
Did you read Snow Fun Facts For Christmas in July Vibes: Part One? Because this is part two. Snow can appear in a wide variety of colors because of dust, pollution and fresh-water algae turning snow black, orange or even blue. The Inuit people have 50 words for snow. Did you know this snow fun …
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Commuting sucks. You can get stuck in traffic for hours, may have to share cramped and hot public transportation, or — if nothing else — waste endless amounts of money on gas. Yet, there are some people who would give anything to be crawling down an interstate instead of risking their lives every day. Or, …
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These stories are some of the worst cruise experiences people have had. Have you ever had a bad experience on a cruise? “I ripped my big toenail off on the balcony doorway the first night of my first cruise. Had to cancel every excursion I had booked because I didn’t want to submerge the open …
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There are so many wild things that happened in the 90s. Do you know about these stories from that decade? The body of Zachary Taylor was exhumed June 17, 1991, almost 150 years after his death, to see if he was murdered. Originally, cholera was thought to be the be the cause of death, but …
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What do you know about comets? Here are some fun facts about these objects flying around the Earth. Comets appear in the sky like streaks because they’re actively melting. The core of a comet is called the comet nucleus and can be several kilometers wide, like the size of a small town. Comets are composed …
What do you know about summer plants? Did you know some orchids smell like different foods? Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, raspberries, strawberries and more are part of the rosaceae family. Evidence that grapes were grown about 8,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, or today’s Iraq, and that’s where the first of the wine was made. Talking …
What do you know about the red planet? Do you know that no human has ever stepped foot on the planet Mars? Hellas Planitia is a huge crater on Mars located on the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere. It’s over 3.7 miles deep and 1.242 miles across. One of the most distinctive features of Mars is …
These fun facts about gardening may shock you. Like did you know that rhubarb is a vegetable? Did you know that vanilla and corn have something in common? The vanilla flavoring comes from an orchid pod called Vanilla planifolia. The pods are called vanilla beans but in reality they are more closely related to corn …
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The elephant is the largest land mammal and that means big numbers for everything else, too. Nutrition and food for an elephant comes in the form of grass, shrubs, leaves, fruits, roots, twigs, branches and tree bark. It all depends on the season and the habitat. The trunk of an elephant weighs about 300 pounds. …
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