Science Facts for Kids
Mind-blowing science facts
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water — this is called the Mpemba effect.
A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh about 6 billion tons.
Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive because they contain potassium.
Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth.
If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach the Moon.
The water you drink is billions of years old — some of it may have been drunk by dinosaurs!
If you uncoiled all the DNA in your body, it would stretch to Pluto and back.
A Venus flytrap can count — it only snaps shut after a bug touches its trigger hairs twice within 20 seconds.
Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds by putting it under extreme pressure.
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.