Weird Animal World
Food & Snack Facts
Out of This World
Everyday Inventions & History
Human Body & Brain
100

Unlike most birds, these tuxedo-clad creatures can’t fly in the air, but they are expert swimmers.

What is a penguin?

100

This red fruit is unique because it is the only fruit that wears its seeds on the outside.

What is a strawberry?

100

Known as the "Red Planet," this neighbor to Earth gets its color from iron oxide (rust) on its surface.

What is Mars?

100

Invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison, this bright invention brought light into homes without using candles or gas lamps.

What is the Lightbulb?

100

These two organs in your chest fill up with air every time you breathe in.

What are your lungs?

200

While humans have just one heart, this ocean creature has three hearts and blue blood.

What is an octopus?

200

This common movie snack pops because heated water trapped inside its kernel turns into steam and expands.

What is popcorn?

200

This giant planet is famous for its prominent, bright rings made of ice and rock particles.

What is Saturn?

200

Before it was used for fragile packages, this popping packing material was originally invented to be textured wallpaper.

What is Bubble Wrap?

200

This organ uses about 20% of all the energy and oxygen your body produces, despite making up only 2% of your total weight.

What is the brain?

300

This slow-moving mammal can hold its breath underwater longer than a dolphin—up to 40 minutes!

What is a sloth?

300

Because it is made of 25% air, this crisp fall fruit will float if you drop it in a bucket of water.

What is an apple?

300

Because it rotates so slowly, one day on this hot, cloud-covered planet is actually longer than its whole year.

What is Venus?

300

This useful metal food container was invented in 1810, but the tool used to open it wasn't invented until 48 years later.

What is the can opener?

300

Just like everyone has a unique fingerprint, every single human being has a unique pattern on this part of their mouth.

What is the tongue?

400

Because of their unique ridges, the prints of this cute Australian marsupial are almost identical to human fingerprints.

What is a koala?

400

Before the 17th century, almost all cultivated carrots were this color, not orange.

What is purple?

400

Scientists believe extreme atmospheric pressure on Neptune and Uranus creates storms that literally rain these precious gems.

What are diamonds?

400

In 1952, this customizable potato toy became the very first toy ever advertised on television.

Who is Mr. Potato Head?

400

This giant, pump-like muscle beats about 100,000 times a day to move blood through your entire body.

What is the heart?

500

To prevent themselves from floating away from each other while sleeping in water, sea otters do this.

What is hold hands?

500

Honey never spoils; archeologists have found edible honey inside Egyptian tombs that is over this many thousands of years old.

What is 3,000 years old?

500

Footprints left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts will stay there for millions of years because there is no this to blow them away.

What is wind (or atmosphere)?

500

The first message ever sent over the internet in 1969 was supposed to be the word "LOGIN," but the system crashed after typing these two letters.

What are L and O?

500

Your mouth produces enough of this watery liquid every day to fill a full 2-liter soda bottle, which helps break down your food.

What is saliva (or spit)?