Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts is a clean site for children and adults that makes learning fun. Learn about all kinds of interesting things to tell your friends and family, from funny to the great depression, technology, the planet Mars and so much more.

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• The loudest land animal is the Howler monkey who’s deep growls can travel up to 3 miles in the forest.
• At 188 decibels, the Blue whale is the loudest mammal of all with it’s deep sound traveling hundreds of miles across the deep oceans.
• The only state in the U.S that grows coffee beans is Hawaii in it’s kona district. Hawaiians usually call coffee Kope and hawaiian coffee is some of the most expensive in the world.
• England is smaller than the state of Florida by 15,409 square miles.
• USGA regulation golf balls have 336 dimples which add turbulence for more distance.
• The Mona Lisa doesn’t have eyebrows or eyelashes.
• Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil. To make 1 pound of honey, bees would have to visit over 2 million flowers.
• The Oilbird (oil bird) is the loudest bird with it’s high pitched clicking sounds.
• According to a new study, next day soreness after hard work or exercising can be greatly reduced by drinking watermelon juice prior. Watermelon juice is rich in amino acid.
• It takes about 7 strawberries to equal the amount of vitamin C in one orange about 3 inches in diameter.
• The very first food eaten by a U.S astronaut in outer space was applesauce.
• Did you know that the very first lemon seeds were brought to the Americas by Christopher Columbus?
• Thanks to you and other readers in various corners all around the world, our Interesting Facts pages have now been viewed over 2.5 million times. That’s awesome!
• A Clark’s Nutcracker (bird) can store up to 30,000 pine nuts for the winter in over 6,000 different locations across 300 square miles and remember where at least 70% of them are, finding them even if they’re snow covered. Special thanks to the visitor who pointed out a spelling error on this interesting fact.