A pigs snout is called a gruntle.

The chemical pectin, found in ripe fruit, causes jam to set when cooling.

Mexican jumping beans jump because of a moth larva inside the bean.

An electric eel produces an average of 400 volts.

A myrmecologist studies ants.

To crack a whip, the tip must be traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist named William Semple.

According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.

In 1855, dentist Robert Arthur was the first to use gold to fill cavities.

The smallest bone in the body is the stirrup.