{"id":11592,"date":"2022-04-26T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:59:34","slug":"fun-facts-for-kids-that-are-equally-fun-and-astonishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/fun-facts-for-kids-that-are-equally-fun-and-astonishing\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Unbelievable Fun Facts for Kids That Are Actually True"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fun facts have a fantastic effect on the brain, especially children’s developing brains. Fun facts for kids allow children to focus and blend learning with fun<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids enjoy gobbling up pieces of information and expanding their knowledge base. But finding out random facts is as enjoyable as confusing, such as – your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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This information helps you in no way in day-to-day life, but the phenomena itself is pretty stimulating. Here are a few more facts that will leave your children astonished and smiling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The festive tradition of the Christmas tree dates back thousands of years to the Romans and Ancient Egyptians.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Queen has two birthdays.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Apples float on water!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Number four is the only one with the same amount of letters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. More than 480 million people have played Monopoly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Tomatoes and avocados are fruits, not vegetables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. The opposite sides of the dice always add up to seven.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the sun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.” Imagine seeing a flamboyance of pink flamingos together!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Bees are found everywhere in the world apart from Antarctica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Caterpillars have 12 eyes!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Horses and cows sleep standing up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bats in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Kangaroos can\u2019t walk backward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. As well as having unique fingerprints, we all have unique tongue prints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. 46. Fingernails grow four times faster than your toenails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. It is impossible to lick your elbow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. About 70% of an adult human body is water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Your nose and ears continue growing for your entire life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. You can not talk and inhale or exhale simultaneously, try it!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Your heart is about the same size as your fist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Alaska is both the most western and most eastern state in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Russia is just two miles from Alaska. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. People can fart after they die.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Clouds aren\u2019t weightless, they can weigh over a million pounds. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Female lions do about 90% of the hunting. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Women\u2019s hearts beat faster than men\u2019s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. 72. Cleopatra wasn\u2019t Egyptian\u2014she was Greek. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. The shortest war in history lasted just 38 minutes! It was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Tug of war used to be an Olympic sport. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Abraham Lincoln was a champion wrestler. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. During the Victorian era, it was popular for people to take photographs of their loved ones after they had died. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Starfish have no brains. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human residents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. The state of California has more people than the entire country of Canada. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Newborn babies are partially colorblind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. The Olympics used to give medals for art, not just sports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. A jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. French fries are Belgian, not French.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    If your kids enjoy these facts, you can discuss them regularly and help them develop a habit of following up. When people take in a lot of information in small bits that are not interrelated, we tend to take them as they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Explain to your children the importance of fact-checking before accepting any piece of trivia. The internet is a simple, accessible tool with multiple sources and can confirm the info in minutes, saving a lifetime of embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Learning is ideally a never never-ending process. Keep encouraging them to practice habits that are fun and helpful in growth. Enjoyable activities like reading fun facts, storybooks<\/a>, or even playing educational games <\/a>will keep children on their toes and ready for more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fun facts are a great way to teach and entice children with useful information and expand their knowledge base. Get started with 40 fun facts for kids for guaranteed laughs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":11595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"class_list":{"0":"post-11592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parents-resources"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fun-facts-for-kids-Featured-image.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Brian Lee","author_link":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/author\/brian-lee\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11592"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32452,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592\/revisions\/32452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}