Facts for Ages 5–7
1520 facts perfect for this age group
Australia is home to the Great Barrier Reef — the world's largest living structure, visible from space and home to thousands of species of coral, fish, and marine life.
In early versions of Toy Story, Woody was a mean ventriloquist dummy who bullied the other toys.
Your ribcage is made up of 24 ribs arranged in 12 pairs, forming a protective cage around your heart and lungs.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, completing the journey in just under 15 hours. She disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
The Frisbee toy evolved from the practice of college students tossing empty pie tins from the Frisbie Baking Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the 1940s. Fred Morrison designed a plastic flying disc in 1948 and sold it to Wham-O in 1957. Wham-O renamed it 'Frisbee' — a misspelling of the original bakery name — and it became one of the world's most popular outdoor toys.
Hermit crabs line up from biggest to smallest and swap shells one by one in a chain.
LEGO bricks were invented by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen in 1949, and the name 'LEGO' comes from the Danish words 'leg godt' meaning 'play well'. Today, about 36 billion LEGO bricks are made every year.
Beluga whales are nicknamed the 'canaries of the sea' because they produce a wide variety of clicks, chirps, whistles, and squeaks that can sometimes even be heard above the water's surface.
Not all dinosaurs were huge! Parvicursor was only about 39 centimetres long — roughly the size of a pet cat.
Normal human body temperature is around 37°C (98.6°F), and even a change of just one or two degrees can signal illness.
Some Inuit languages have dozens of different words to describe snow and ice.
Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. They use their specially shaped beaks to filter tiny shrimp and algae from the water.
In 1995, potatoes became the first food to be grown in space.
Frogs don't drink water — they absorb it through their skin.
Zero is special because it is neither positive nor negative. It sits right in the middle of the number line.
A beaver's teeth never stop growing. They gnaw on wood to keep them from getting too long.
Your nose is always in your field of vision, but your brain learns to ignore it through a process called unconscious selective attention.
An average ear of corn has about 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows.
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901 — 63 years and 7 months — the longest reign of any British monarch until Queen Elizabeth II surpassed it in 2015.
Pumice is a volcanic rock so full of air bubbles that it can float on water.