Stupid Facts

• The hottest place in the world is El Azizia, Libya.

• The most massive star known is the Pistol Star, which has a mass about 100-150 times that of the Sun.

• The Sahara is the largest desert in the world at 3,500,000 square miles.

• Russia is the largest country at 17,075,400 square miles.

• Mount Everest in Nepal is the largest mountain at 29,035 feet (8,850 meters).

• The area between your nose and mouth with the two vertical lines is called the "philtrum."

• Pretzels without salt are called "baldies."

• "Pennsylvania" is missing an "n" and thus misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

• The Sand Swimmer snake swims through loose sand like water.

• The Collared Lizard can run on its two hind legs.

• The Road Runner is a bird that can run up to 17 mph.

• The Archer Fish spits at bugs up to 6 feet away to knock them into the water to eat.

• The Velvet Worm fires lassos of glue up to 3 feet to ensnare insect prey.

• The Pistol Shrimp "shoots" water and sound from its pincher to stun its prey.

• The Frogfish can expand the volume of its mouth by 12 times in less than six-thousandths of a second, making it one of the fastest feeding vertebrates known to science.

• The Chameleon's tongue is longer than its body.