The same...but different
A good way to kill a bug... or a vegetable with a hard orange or green shell.
What is "Squash"?
It's "hard" to believe, but rain on Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn is brilliant, due to the pressure causing carbon atoms to crystallize. You
You can't splash around in this common form of rain on Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn, but you sure could make a splash if you collected it in buckets?
What are diamonds?
While a visit to Betsy and Andrew's house might have you thinking that Glen of Imal Terriers are the most popular type of dog, it's actually this breed, according to the American Kennel Club.
What is the French bulldog?
In this country, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas is called Adventszeit, and children open their presents on Christmas eve rather than Christmas morning.
What is Germany?
A pregnant goldfish... or, if you're across the pond, a silly or foolish person.
What is a twit?
human babies are actually born with more of these than their parents.
What are bones? (Babies have about 300 bones at birth, but many fuse together as they age, leaving most adults with 206 bones.)
These social animals (and quick learners) actually laugh when tickled.
What are rats?
This "antlered' sidekick is so funny and loveable that he almost "steals" the show in this beloved and well worn Christmas movie.
Who is Max the dog, in the Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
As a student, British royal and poet Lord Byron, angered that his college Trinity College didn’t allow dogs in dorms, decided to keep this animal instead.
What is a bear?
A type of pigeon, a brand of chocolate, and a beauty bar
What all things that all share the name "dove"?
The average body contains 36 trillion cells, but this microbe actually outnumbers your regular cells.
What is bacteria? (At any given time, you have 39 trillion microbes in your body. They’re so small, though, that they make up a small percentage of your body’s overall mass. Plus, remember that good bacteria is healthy for you.)
This 10-foot long predator can reproduce without a mate. But it can't breathe fire.
Bonus--what is the name of the process for mate-less reproduction?
What is a Komodo dragon?
The process is called parthenogenesis. (Less than 0.1% of vertebrates are capable of doing the same.)
A tradition that's thought to have started in Germany, the hiding of this dill-lightful ornament deep within the Christmas tree is thought to bring good fortune to the person who finds it.
What is the Christmas pickle?
Ironically, Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini have all been nominated for this prize.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize
All 5 of the famous boxer (and grill hawker) George Foreman's sons have this one thing in common.
What is they are all named "George".
Blue eyes, tongue rolling and phobias, and all have this in common.
What is they are all heritable. (Phobias are 30% heritable)
Approximately 200 feral cats are kept on the grounds of this, "the happiest place on earth," in order to control the rodent population.
What is Disneyland? The cats are all spayed or neutered, and park staffers provide them with medical care and extra food.)
This popular (or unpopular) gift has been found in both Egyptian tombs and millions of holiday gift baskets.
What is fruitcake?
While the Egyptians may not have celebrated Christmas, the food got its start amid the pyramids and was even dropped into tombs, since it was seen as a must-have food in the afterlife.
Serious Eats reports that over 2 million fruitcakes are still sold each year.
John F. Kennedy Junior and Creme Puff, a mixed tabby cat from Austin, Texas, share this numeric distinction.
What is, they both died at age 38? (Creme Puff is the oldest cat ever recorded, living to be 38 years and 3 days old.)
The Oxford English dictionary cites 645 uses of this word for the verb form alone, and its definitions run some 75 columns of type.
What is the word "run"?
(According to Reader’s Digest, run alone took one lexicographer nine months of research to complete.)
You have a 50 per cent chance of sharing this with a birthday with a friend.
What is a birthday?
In any group of 23 people, two people will share a birthday, according to the maths. To find the probability of everyone in the group having a unique birthday, multiply all 23 probabilities together, giving 0.493. So the probability of a shared birthday is 1 - 0.493 = 0.507, or 50.7 per cent.
This animal can live for about a month without food and a week without its head!
What are cockroaches? (Also, a chicken once lived for 18 months without a head.)
Teddy bears, Yo-yos, Mr. Potato Head, Star Wars action figures; Cabbage Patch Kids; Wii; and cash or bank transfers, among others.
What are the most popular Christmas gifts by decade?
Teddy bears in the 1910s; Yo-yo in the 1920s; Mr. Potato Head in the fifties: Star Wars action figures in the 1970s, cabbage patch kids in 80s; Wii in 2000s, money in 2024