Weird Science
This fruit emits low levels of radiation due to its potassium content.
What is a banana?
This common insect can live for days without its head.
What is a cockroach?
The world record for most T-shirts worn at once is over this many.
What is 260?
This country is home to a town where cats outnumber people.
What is Japan (Aoshima Island)?
A group of flamingos is called this.
What is a flamboyance?
This part of your body continues growing after you die—at least, it looks like it does.
What are hair and nails?
This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
The most spoons balanced on a human body is this number.
What is 50?
This U.S. state has a town named “Boring.”
What is Oregon?
This famous physicist’s brain was stolen and kept in jars for decades.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The inventor of this common kitchen appliance discovered its effect when a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
What is a microwave?
This animal’s milk is pink due to natural secretions.
What is a hippopotamus?
In 2021, a man walked 200 feet barefoot on this painful toy.
What are Lego bricks?
This desert has seen snow more than once, including in 2022.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This common food has an eternal shelf life and was found in Egyptian tombs.
What is honey?
This liquid metal is the only metal that's liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
This mammal’s fingerprints are nearly indistinguishable from humans'.
What is a koala?
The record for longest hiccuping spree lasted this many years.
What is 68 years?
You can find a lake that turns animals into statues in this African country.
What is Tanzania (Lake Natron)?
This 1970s music hit is often used to deter loiterers in public spaces.
What is “Baby Shark” or “Stayin' Alive” (depending on country)?
Lightning strikes can heat the air to this temperature, hotter than the surface of the sun.
What is 30,000 Kelvin (or 53,540°F)?
Male seahorses are unique for this reproductive role.
What is giving birth?
This European country hosted the largest gathering of people dressed as Smurfs.
What is Germany?
There's a point in the ocean farthest from any land, known by this eerie name.
What is Point Nemo?
There are more of these devices in the world than there are people.
What are cell phones?