In Switzerland, it is illegal to own a single guinea pig.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary – it is the fear of long words!
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.
Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones (apparently).
I’d love to know what interesting facts you know – Ospreys have posted some sneeze facts over on their blog, some of which are toe-curlingly revolting! Why don’t you swing by and take a look…?
Did you know that a jellyfish has got no brain
Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it
Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
Did you know reindeer like bananas
Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
Did you know M&M’s chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie (I would’ve preferred Marcos & Marcel, but that’s just me)
Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks
Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
Did you know arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Your last fact made me laugh, a lot
Some of you might remember this song from our Year 5 assembly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-V6FHWYtcg
I confess, I had forgotten this Mr. Woolton – it’s making me smile though, thank you!
Did you know the film ‘Mary Poppins’ was filmed entirely indoors
Did you know emus can’t walk backwards
Did you know it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
Did you know due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
Lisa must have been so bored. That is probably why they changed her name.
Bored Lisa
Irritated Lisa
Cramped Lisa
I can see why they went with what they did!
The one about August is interesting (I’m not just saying that because I was born in August.)
Or am I?
Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated
Did you know a honeybee’s top speed is 24kph (15mph)
Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
Did you know the longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease?
Did you know the Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World is an underground movie made in the UK that runs to 48 hours long?
Did you know that the movie Ambiancé has a seven-hour trailer?
That’s crazy!
Did you know that the longest song is The Rise and Fall of Bossanova which lasts 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds?
Did you know the largest Cow in the World is a 6 foot 4 inches cow named Knickers? The cow weighs 1,400kg (3080lb).
Did you know the largest pumpkin ever grown is 1,502 pounds?
Did you know there are 60 Master Cheesemakers in the United States…and every one of them lives in Wisconsin?
I guess that means we all know where you’ll be living when you’re older!
Very strange fact coming from you
I never knew that word since now
Did you know people can suffer from a psychological disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. Which means they try to live there life like a cow.
Also did you know that a duel between three people is called a truel.
I didn’t, but Henrietta claims she did!
i’ve just heard this one – apparently in Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk!
Is that even possible?!?!?!
Yep
Did you know McDonald’s once created bubblegum-flavoured broccoli!
Did you know platypuses swim with their eyes closed!
Did you know chewing gum is banned in Singapore unless it is a gum to help you with your teeth or given to you for special reasons by a doctor!
Did you know the heart of a shrimp is located in it’s head!
Did you know a slug has four noses!
Did you know that elephants are the only land animals that can’t jump!
Did you know kangaroos can’t fart!
I hope you enjoyed the facts!
The first one sounds revolting, the fourth one made us giggle, Sam and Tom claim they knew the slug fact, and we love the kangaroo fact! From Mrs. Watson and the rest of this week’s Pelham Explorers
Thank you Mrs Watson and the Pelham explorers!
Also Mrs Watson, am I allowed to put my Skellig story forward for the young writers competition?
Also, how can I put it forward?
Hi Sofia
Unfortunately, entries to the Young Writers’ Competition 2020 need to be written independently, so your version of Skellig can’t be submitted. However, there is some good news. Ms. Ruthven has said that she would love to read it, so if you would like to ask an adult to email it to Mrs. Hammond in the office, she can forward it to her. Keep up the enthusiasm!
Whales and Dolphins used to have legs.
Cheetahs aren’t the fastest land animal.
A female lion and a cow calf have made friends even though a lion would eat it.
Part of jaguars’ diet is a black caiman.
Queen Elizabeth I only bathed 4 times a year.
The first fact is realy intresting!
A chameleon’s eyeballs move independently. When spotted prey, its eyeballs have to lock on its target before firing its tongue out.
70% of Americans believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
This made me laugh, a lot – thanks Eleni! 😉
Did you just make that up? Is it Fake News? But very funny, true or not.
It is a true fact.
Did you know that more peope die from stones then sharks?
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
A flock of crows is known as a murder.
29th May is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”.
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.
If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.
P.S.
About the ‘History – Vikings. LO: To research and investigate the Viking Social Structure. Two-week project ‘
I thought that it was a project that we needed to hand in two weeks after the first ‘lesson’ on it. So because I finished it, I handed it in in the middle of the half term.
What should I do instead of the 2nd lesson of Tuesday 21.04.20. Or should I do more research on the Vikings and build up my knowlege?
Sarah, I deleted your first silly fact because I didn’t want anyone to do it!
As far as your History is concerned, your suggestion that you build up your knowledge with more research is exactly what I would have recommended.
Okay
Thank you!
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch television for 3 hours.
Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. A writer predicted how the Titanic would sink in 1898, 13 years before it was even built.
Some interesting (and revolting) facts, thanks Ewen.
For those who the Skellig Book website doesn’t work, my dad found another one:
https://freeonlineread.net/book-reader/skellig
Thanks Sarah (and dad).
Did you know rabbits like liquorice.
Did you know eels are sexless.
Did you know birds need gravity to swallow.
Did you know dreamt is the only word that end in ‘mt’.
Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate, around 10kg per person.
Did you know every time you see a full moon it is the same side facing you.
Did you know in East Africa you can get beer brewed from bananas.
Did you know a Giraffe clean its ears with its tongue.
Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6000 times every minute.
Did you know frogs cant swallow with their eyes open
Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories.
Did you know cows don’t have upper front teeth.
Hoped you liked the facts
Hi Sam, thanks for the facts – a few of them made me smile. Do you think that we would see the same side of a fun moon if we were in another country?
I think you would always see the same side because the moon doesn’t spin to show the other side
You might find this website quite interesting… https://moon.nasa.gov/about/misconceptions/
Dd you know there is a fear of, cheese, falling asleep, flowers, men, and OTTERS which is insane and stupid. I’ve got the opposite of that, I just found that one out
Ooh, what are the names of them? I can definitely think of one person in our class who doesn’t have a fear of cheese! Oliver…
Also their is a fear of a married couple and parents