12 Fun Science Facts

1. An armadillo’s bony plates are tough enough to deflect bullets.
2. More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water.
3. The American toad can eat up to 1,000 insects in a single day.
4. Identical twins don’t have the same fingerprints.
5. The African bush elephant is the largest land mammal on Earth.
6. Ice cream is a solid, a liquid and a gas.
7. Monarch butterflies taste with their feet.
8. Antarctica is the world’s largest desert — it’s a polar desert!
9. A sneeze can travel at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
10. A hummingbird’s heart beats up to 1,200 times per minute.
11. Koalas hug trees to cool themselves down.
12. Cranberries bounce when they are ripe.

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_{Sources include How It Works magazine, Better Nutrition magazine, and e-books from the Essential Library series (Amphibians, Birds, Invertebrates and Mammals). Full text is available in Science Reference Ultimate.}