Games A to Z of facts

[Jezzibell]

I don't know if this will work, but I thought we could do a fact game.

My starter for 10 would be:

There are 7,770,000 species of animals

 

[cgrtt.brns]

i love this idea!
bees dance to communicate :D
heres a photo of the fact i found in one of my nature books

 

[Jezzibell]

An average cat can jump 8 feet in a single bound. That is almost six times its body length!

 

[SleepingClouds]

Dachshund puppies can be rather mischievous and are not above unleashing destruction on their surroundings if left unsupervised.

 

[loyalskateboard]

Elephants are the world's largest land animal

 

[mia.wallace]

Foxes are solitary animals. When raising their young, they live in small families—called a "leash of foxes" or a "skulk of foxes"—in underground burrows. Otherwise, they hunt and sleep alone.

 

[cgrtt.brns]

gargoyles are actually functional parts of a building, with a spout designed to collect water from a roof and spew it away from the side of a building, preventing it from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. (i always used to think they were just to ward off demons lol)

 

[Jezzibell]

Data on Hotels indicates there are17.5 million guestrooms in 187,000 hotels worldwide, but nobody knows the actual figures.

The largest hotel company in the world, in terms of number of properties, is Wyndham Hotel Group, with over 9,200 hotels as of June 2020. Marriott International is the next largest, with over 7,600 properties, and Choice Hotels International comes in third with over 7100 hotels

 

[nessun_nome]

India is the world's largest democracy.

 

[SleepingClouds]

Jet stone helps to relieve pain and embodies strong magical powers. It is highly protective and has a good grounding energy.

 

[mia.wallace]

Kangaroos are able to leap over 8 meters (25 feet) in a single large jump.

 

[SleepingClouds]

Labrabulls are incredibly clever, and training them is easy because they love to please and don't have a stubborn bone in their body.

 

[nessun_nome]

M is letter which you can't say without your lips touching.

 

[withered_flower]

Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long

 

[SleepingClouds]

Oleander Hawk Moth caterpillars feed on the foliage of oleander, an extremely toxic plant to which they are immune.

 

[Forever Sleep]

The most tosses of a Pancake in one minute is 140.

 

[SleepingClouds]

Quagga was the first-ever animal to have its DNA analyzed.

 

[SleepingClouds]

The Red Squirrel has one of the most impressive memories in the entire animal kingdom.

 

[Sluggish_Slump]

the Sugar Act (1764) was a reinvigoration to the ineffective Molasses Act (1733)

 

[dsk]

a TURTLES sex is influenced by temperature. Higher temperatures lead to more females.

 

[dysthymia]

Uranus is the only planet in our Solar System that rotates on its side

 

[mortuarymary]

Uranus is the only planet in our Solar System that rotates on its side

I never knew that.

 

[weirdog]

The longest English word is 189,819 letters long.
The Eiffel Tower was originally made for Barcelona.

 

[Myforevercharlie]

Because V follows U

Voltures

Fact:

• To keep cool, vultures urinate on their legs and feet; this also kills bacteria or parasites and helps to keep the birds healthy.

 

[rozeske]

Most wasabi paste isn't real wasabi.



If you've always thought that your store-bought wasabi tastes more like horseradish, you're probably right. It's often used as a substitute since real wasabi is expensive.

 

[4am]

iphone X was the fastest discontinued iphone ever

 

[SleepingClouds]

There are about 600 species of yams found around the world, most of them in the tropics.

 

[restless.dreams]

Every zebra has a unique stripe pattern, like human fingerprints.

 

[SleepingClouds]

There are more than 7,500 apple varieties in the world.

 

[I'm exhausted]

Bread was so important to Egyptians a long, long time ago that it was used as currency or money.