Fun Weather Facts
Can you tell the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps?
What is Yes!
True or False
Do cows have best friends?
What is True.
They get stressed out when separated from their buddies and are known to mourn when they pass away
Who invented Fortune Cookies?
Who were the Japanese-Americans in the late 19th century in California
How much does a cloud weigh?
What is 1 million pounds
What is the coldest temperature every officially recorded in the world?
What is -89.2 C
True or False
Octopuses have blue blood?
What is true
They also have three hearts and nine brains to help them survive in the deep ocean.
How long does it take pineapples to grow?
What is 2 years
How hot is lightening?
What is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun
What does a mild autumn often mean?
What is larger spiders often found in our homes
True or False
Sharks are older than trees?
True
Sharks have roamed the oceans for about 400 million years, whereas trees only showed up around 350 million years ago
Does honey spoil?
What is no
Archaeologists have found edible honey in 3,000-year-old Egyptian tombs.
Can a tree communicate with other trees?
What is yes
African acacia trees communicate by releasing gas to trigger other trees to produce defense toxins.
What is the windiest place on Earth?
What is Cape Farewell in Greenland
True or False
A bee cannot recognize a face
What is false
Honeybees are incredibly smart and can actually recognize human faces by piecing together patterns and facial features.
Have carrots always been orange?
What is no?
Orange carrots are a relatively recent invention, first grown by Dutch cultivators in the 17th century.
How much electrical energy can a human brain produce?
What is enough to power a small lightbulb
In 1995, What caused the most damage from a thunderstorm?
What is hailstones that were almost as large as baseballs
True or False
A rodent such as a squirrel or mouse cannot burp
What is true
they lack the ability to burp
When was the ice cream cone invented?
What is the 1904 Worlds Fair
An ice cream vendor ran out of dishes, so a nearby waffle vendor rolled up his waffles to save the day
Which planet spins backward?
What is Venus
A day on Venus is longer than a year
It takes longer for Venus to rotate once than to orbit the Sun.