Active Facts
Animals and humans do some amazing feats with their bodies. Check out these awesome facts. It may be hard to believe, but they are all true!
A sailfish can leap through the air at 68 miles an hour.
A flea can jump more than 130 times its height.
An athlete swam the entire Mississippi River - from Minnesota to Louisiana - in
68 days.
A man walked on his hands from Vienna, Austria to Paris, France. The trip took
55 days!
Two Brazilian men traveled 5,045 miles on windsurfng boards; the trip took 14
months.
Penguins swim up to 3,100 miles in a year.
The record for the highest jump by a pig is 27.5 inches--that's the height of a St.
Bernard!
Elephants can run faster than humans.
A cat's top speed is about 31 miles an hour.
The record for the worlds longest continuous series of somersaults is 12 miles,
390 yards.
Cheetahs can change direction in midair when chasing prey.
The average person walks about 80,000 miles in a lifetime. That's more than
three times around the world!
A man hand-delivered a pizza from London, England, to Melbourne, Australia--
a distance of about 10,350 miles.
You use 72 different muscles every time you talk.
Pet hamsters can run up to eight miles a night on a wheel.
An ant can carry 50 times its body weight. (that's like a kid carrying a car).
A flea can jump hundred times its body length - that's like you jumping to the top
of a 34-story building.
Some penguins can dive 1,000 feet deep - that's about 150 times deeper than
an Olympic swimming pool.
A bullfrog named Rosie the Ribiter traveled more than 21 feet in 3 hops.
Some frogs can leap more than 20 times their body length.
The fastest baseball pitches reach speeds of more than a 100 miles an hour.
640 is the record for the most parachute jumps in 24 hours.
The heaviest lizard, the Komodo dragon, can weight more than two grown
women.
8,962 people made snow angels at the same time on the grounds of the North
Dakota State Capitol.
One of the world's fastest snakes--the black mamba--slithers up to seven
miles an hour.
The fastest falcon can outpace a speeding race car.
A mountain climber carried the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.
Chewing gum burns about 11 calories an hour.
A sailfish can leap through the air at 68 miles an hour.
A flea can jump more than 130 times its height.
An athlete swam the entire Mississippi River - from Minnesota to Louisiana - in
68 days.
A man walked on his hands from Vienna, Austria to Paris, France. The trip took
55 days!
Two Brazilian men traveled 5,045 miles on windsurfng boards; the trip took 14
months.
Penguins swim up to 3,100 miles in a year.
The record for the highest jump by a pig is 27.5 inches--that's the height of a St.
Bernard!
Elephants can run faster than humans.
A cat's top speed is about 31 miles an hour.
The record for the worlds longest continuous series of somersaults is 12 miles,
390 yards.
Cheetahs can change direction in midair when chasing prey.
The average person walks about 80,000 miles in a lifetime. That's more than
three times around the world!
A man hand-delivered a pizza from London, England, to Melbourne, Australia--
a distance of about 10,350 miles.
You use 72 different muscles every time you talk.
Pet hamsters can run up to eight miles a night on a wheel.
An ant can carry 50 times its body weight. (that's like a kid carrying a car).
A flea can jump hundred times its body length - that's like you jumping to the top
of a 34-story building.
Some penguins can dive 1,000 feet deep - that's about 150 times deeper than
an Olympic swimming pool.
A bullfrog named Rosie the Ribiter traveled more than 21 feet in 3 hops.
Some frogs can leap more than 20 times their body length.
The fastest baseball pitches reach speeds of more than a 100 miles an hour.
640 is the record for the most parachute jumps in 24 hours.
The heaviest lizard, the Komodo dragon, can weight more than two grown
women.
8,962 people made snow angels at the same time on the grounds of the North
Dakota State Capitol.
One of the world's fastest snakes--the black mamba--slithers up to seven
miles an hour.
The fastest falcon can outpace a speeding race car.
A mountain climber carried the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.
Chewing gum burns about 11 calories an hour.
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