Facts You Didn't Know

Fun Facts About Animals, Pirates, and SOS Calls

Surprising stories from whales, pirates, and even tiny baby octopuses

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  1. Hippos Sweat Pink!

    Did you know that a hippopotamus sweats pink? This special sweat acts like sunscreen, protecting its sensitive skin from drying out or getting sunburned. It also helps fight off infection.

  2. Mondays Are the Riskiest for Heart Attacks

    Heart attacks are most likely to happen on a Monday, especially between 4 and 10 in the morning. This might be because of weekend drinking and the stress of starting a new workweek.

  3. A Baby Octopus Is Tiny

    A baby octopus is so small it's about the size of a flea! Yet it grows incredibly fast and doubling its weight every week. Scientists still aren’t sure exactly what they eat to grow that quickly.

  4. The Titanic Made SOS Famous

    The distress signal SOS had been agreed upon before the Titanic disaster, but hardly anyone used it. After the Titanic sank, SOS became the world’s standard emergency call.

  5. A Child Could Swim Through a Blue Whale’s Arteries

    A blue whale is so massive that its arteries are wide enough for a small child to swim through!

  6. Why Pirates Wore Earrings

    Pirates didn’t wear earrings just for fashion. They believed that piercing their ears would improve their eyesight!

  7. The Dancing Plague of 1518

    In 1518, in the city of Strasbourg, France, a strange thing happened where people suddenly began dancing in the streets. They danced for days and even weeks, without stopping to eat or rest. Some of them danced until they died from exhaustion.

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