Fun Facts

Carly Maisel, Reporter
January 5, 2017

  • Peaches are a part of the almond family
  • The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour
  • A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
  • Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work
  • The state of Amine has 62 lighthouses
  • The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters
  • There is about 1 million ants for every person in the world
  • The lifespan of a taste bud is about 10 days
  • Americans, on average, eat about 18 acres of pizza everyday
  • There are 18 different animals in the animal cracker zoo
  • No word in the English language rhymes with the word mouth
  • You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum