Did you know facts
Over 980 Did you know facts!!
- Did you know the primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)
- Did you know the softest known mineral is talc
- Did you know 'orology' is the study of mountains
- Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
- Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
- Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
- Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
- Did you know moths have white blood
- Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
- Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
- Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
- Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
- Did you know dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
- Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
- Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
- Did you know only pregnant females polar bears hibernate
- Did you know polar bears are strictly carnivores
- Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
- Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
- Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years