
Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful. Those 457,000 calories are more than 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop those krill into its mouth.

When Disneyland was opened in 1955, “Tomorrowland” was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.
The Barbie doll has had more than 70 careers, including school teacher, astronaut and rapper.

Leonardo Da Vinci wrote his personal notes backwards, from the right side of the page to the left. He was left-handed, so it was probably just easier for him to write that way.
You could fit 310 thousand ping-pong balls in a Volkswagen Beetle.

Ketchup originated in China as a spiced pickled fish sauce known as ke-chiap.

There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name. Can you guess the answer to this random fact? You’ll find a Z (Arizona), a J (New Jersey), and even two X’s (New Mexico and Texas)—but not a single Q. Check out these other 50 fun facts about every state in America.
Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch. He’s also been called out for only having the bars of a Navy commander, but the so-called cap’n held his ground on Twitter, arguing that captaining the S. S. Guppy with his crew “makes an official Cap’n in any book!”.

Only 2 sports have been played on the Moon. Javelin and golf.

The egg of the rare Parson's chameleon can take up to two years to hatch.

Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at 10 years old.
Was playing in NHL.