1. The Grand Canyon is the largest canyon in the world. Located in Arizona, it is massive, with an elevation of 2,600 feet and a length of 277 miles.
2. Russia is just 2 miles from Alaska. Who would’ve thought they’d be so close? Crazy!
3. The hottest desert in the world is the Sahara Desert. Located in Africa, the average temperature is around 30°C, but the hottest temperature ever recorded is 58°C.
4. A shark doesn’t contain any bones in its body.
5. Sea sponges are considered the “least evolutionarily advanced” animal on the planet.
6. Scientists believe there are around 6 to 10 million different species of insects.
7. Panthers are not actually a separate species of cats. They’re just leopards or jaguars with a black color.
8. It would only take one hour to drive to space if you could go straight up in the air.
9. Mars has lower gravity than Earth. That means a person that weighs 200 pounds on Earth would only weigh 76 pounds on Mars.
10. While most of us think the Earth is shaped like a large sphere, it actually looks more like a “squished ball” that bulges out at the equator.
11. About 75% of your brain is made of water.
12. Your heart beats about 115,000 times a day.
13. The nearest star to Earth is 4.2 light-years away. It’s called the Proxima Centauri. To get there, you have stay inside a spaceship for about 6,300 years.
14. Over one million Earths could fit inside the sun.
15. Experts predict that there will be 9.7 billion people on Earth by 2050.
16. It takes about 50 licks to finish just one scoop of ice cream.
17. Apples are actually part of the rose family.
18. Hawaiian pizza was actually invented in Canada.
19. It takes between two and three years for a pineapple to grow to its full size.
20. The earliest menu dates back to the mid-1700s. They first popped up in Europe around then to accommodate high-class residents during dinner parties.
