Did you know…?

Target Language or Knowledge:

  Did you know that the sun is actually a star? Did you know that elephants are the only animals that can't jump? Did you know that cats can make over 100 different sounds? Did you know that a giraffe's tongue is so long it can lick its own ear? Did you know that the largest animal in the world is the blue whale? Did you know that people use their thumb the most when typing on a phone? Did you know that goldfish can't close their eyes because they don't have eyelids? Did you know that spiders have eight legs but insects have six? Did you know that some frogs can freeze in winter and come back to life? Did you know that the world's largest desert is not hot, but cold? It's Antarctica! Did you know that there are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on Earth? Did you know that chocolate comes from a plant called the cacao tree? Did you know that penguins can swim, but they cannot fly? Did you know that your heart beats over 100,000 times a day? Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet?