Bananas are technically berries – While strawberries aren’t considered true berries, bananas meet the botanical definition of a berry because they come from a single ovary.
Octopuses have three hearts – Two pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body. When they swim, the heart that delivers blood to the body actually stops beating!
Sharks existed before trees – Sharks have been around for about 400 million years, whereas trees evolved around 350 million years ago.
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas – It sounds bizarre, but the building blocks of life overlap quite a bit between different species.
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus – Venus takes longer to rotate on its axis (243 Earth days) than it does to orbit the Sun (225 Earth days).
The Eiffel Tower can grow by over 6 inches in summer – Heat causes the metal in the tower to expand, making it taller by several inches during the hot summer months.
Wombat poop is cube-shaped – This unusual shape helps prevent the poop from rolling away, which is helpful for marking their territory.
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth – Scientists estimate there are around 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (that’s a billion trillion) stars in the observable universe!
Honey never spoils – Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance" – This colorful and social bird species has a name to match their bright appearance and behavior.