Monster Animals
This shark can live for up to 500 years, making it older than some countries.
What is the Greenland shark?
Napoleon was once charged by a “killer” horde of these animals… and it was not a metaphor.
What are rabbits?
In Japan, you can buy ice cream flavored like this animal part.
What is squid?
Scientists made this animal glow by splicing it with jellyfish genes.
What is a GloFish?
This celebrity legally changed their name to a symbol.
Who is Prince?
These tiny frogs can survive being frozen solid and then thawed to hop away.
What are wood frogs?
In the 1500s, this pope had a pet elephant named Hanno that wandered the Vatican.
Who is Pope Leo X?
This fruit can explode if left in the sun while still on the tree.
What is a durian?
In a lab, researchers managed to make this plant scream when touched.
What is the Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant)?
A movie starring Nicolas Cage had a real corpse used in a scene (legally cleared).
What is The Wicker Man (2006)?
This sea creature has three hearts, blue blood, and can regrow limbs like a superhero.
What is an octopus?
During the Great Emu War, humans actually lost a military battle to…
What are emus?
In 16th-century Europe, people ate desserts made of this unusual ingredient:
What is gold leaf?
This chemical reaction can launch marshmallows across a room at terrifying speed.
What is the Diet Coke + Mentos reaction?
In 1978, this pop star released a song that reached #1 despite being only two minutes long.
Who is Elvis Presley? (“Jailhouse Rock” length factoid—wild trivia)
The pistol shrimp can snap its claw so fast it creates a bubble that reaches this temperature—hotter than the surface of the sun.
What is 8,000°F (4,400°C)?
A medieval English law allowed towns to fine people for this bizarre thing:
What is letting pigs roam and eat acorns?
There’s a delicacy in Sardinia where this cheese smells so strong it’s banned on airlines.
What is casu marzu (maggot cheese)?
There’s a species of bacteria that can survive purely on this…
What is electricity? (or “electrotrophs”)
This TV show once featured a real pig as the main “guest star” that was smarter than the actors expected.
What is Friends (the chick and the duck actually got a pig cameo)?
This mammal has the ability to slow its heart rate and survive being decapitated for several minutes.
What is a turtle?
This “king” of France married a woman just because he wanted to name a town after her favorite…
What is Louis XIV (and the town was Versailles)?
This famous soft drink was originally marketed as a medicine for headaches.
What is Coca-Cola?
Scientists grew a fully functioning organ from a pig’s cells in a lab… and it could beat on its own.
What is a mini heart?
A famous internet meme cat once ran for mayor in a Japanese town… and actually won.
Who is Tama the cat?