As The Ozark Trading Post, we believe that publishing a fun fact every day can help our readers start their day with a smile, spark their curiosity, and provide a break from the day-to-day grind. It can also foster a sense of community, as readers can share the fun fact with friends and family or use it as a conversation starter.
- [Jellyfish]: Jellyfish have been around for more than 500 million years, making them one of the oldest living creatures on Earth.
- [Space]: Space is completely silent because sound waves need a medium to travel through, and space is a vacuum.
- [Elephants]: Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- [The Moon]: The Moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) per year.
- [Insects]: There are more species of beetles on Earth than any other type of animal.
- [Language]: The word "bookkeeper" (and its variants) is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.
- [Cats]: Cats have five toes on their front paws, but only four toes on their back paws.
- [Sleep]: Humans spend about one-third of their lives sleeping.
- [The Sun]: The Sun is so large that about 1.3 million Earths could fit inside it.
- [The Ocean]: The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest known point on Earth, reaching a depth of about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters).
- [Lungs]: The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
- [The Human Body]: The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
- [Mountains]: Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain on Earth when measured from base to summit; that title belongs to Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- [Bees]: Bees can recognize human faces.
- [Technology]: The first-ever email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. It said, "QWERTYUIOP."
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