- The average person sheds 10 pounds of skin every year.
2. The world’s oldest living thing is a 4,600-year-old bristlecone pine tree in California.
3. A single elephant tooth can weigh as much as 6 pounds.
4. There are more than 5,000 different species of ladybugs.
5. The world’s largest flower is the Rafflesia arnoldii, which can grow up to 3 feet wide.
6. There are more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
7. The largest living thing on Earth is a colony of fungi called Armillaria ostoyae. It covers more than 2,200 acres of land in Oregon.
8. The human brain is about 85% water.