Fun Facts of the Day

here are the fun facts of the day Octopuses have three hearts—and two of them stop beating

when they swim. Lazy, but effective. Bananas are berries, but strawberries

aren’t. Botany is weird like that. Wombat poop is cube-shaped, which keeps it from

rolling away. Nature’s engineering win. Honey never spoils—jars found in ancient

tombs are still edible. Sharks existed before trees. Trees are basically

the newcomers. You can smell rain—it’s called petrichor, caused by plant oils and bacteria.

A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Imagine that calendar. Scotland has over

400 words for snow, including one that means “drifting snow.” Butterflies can