From Singing Crickets to Smelly Skunks: Fascinating Facts

Water Can Create Electricity
Yes, flowing water can be turned into electricity! In hydroelectric power stations, water flows from a high place to a lower one. This movement turns a turbine, which powers a generator and that’s how electricity is made from water.

Skunks Defend Themselves with a Bad Smell
Skunks have a special way of keeping enemies away. When they feel threatened, they spray a strong-smelling liquid. The smell is so awful that animals and people run away fast! And if it gets on your clothes, it sticks for a long time.

“Horsepower” Was Really Measured Using Horses
The word horsepower was created by James Watt. He saw that one horse could lift 33,000 pounds one foot high. He used this as a way to compare the power of his machines to the strength of a horse.

Hieroglyphs Are Very Hard to Understand
When people say someone’s writing looks like hieroglyphics, they’re talking about the ancient Egyptian script. It’s full of symbols and pictures, and even today, many parts still haven’t been fully understood by experts.

Crickets Sing with Their Wings, Not Their Mouths
When you hear a cricket, it’s not singing with its mouth, it’s rubbing its wings together! That’s how it makes the chirping sound we all recognize.

Forests Help the Land Around Them
Trees don’t just growth, they also help the soil around them. In places without trees, rain doesn’t soak into the ground well. But in forests, trees help the ground absorb rain, which is also good for nearby farms and fields.

Queen Ants Can See Better Than Worker Ants
Most ants rely more on their antennae than their eyes, because their eyesight is poor. But queen ants have two extra eyes, which gives them better vision than the worker ants.