Fun Facts

Hi readers,

In honour of today’s International Day of Education, here are some fun facts about animals, science, history and more! You can share them with your family and friends, too.

• Crickets can “hear” sounds through their knees.
• Ketchup was originally sold as medicine, not as a sauce.
• Some snails can sleep for three years straight.
• Applesauce was the first food ever eaten in space by an astronaut.
• Blue whales are the largest animals in the world – they’re even bigger than dinosaurs were.
• 99% of people can’t lick their elbows.
• Butterflies taste their food with their feet.
• There are cars that can run on used french-fry oil instead of gas!

Do YOU know any fun or weird facts you want to share? Leave them in the comments for us.

-Taylor, chirpblog@owlkids.com