It's amazing all the things you can learn if you look for the answers! On this page, you will find all kinds of fun facts which you can tell your friends about! Have fun! Did you know... Flies digest their food OUTSIDE of their bodies? While people digest their food in the stomach, flies break down their food in a very different and very gross way! Flies actually spit up a liquid which disolves their food, and then the suck in back into their mouths! Gross! Did you know... The planet Pluto is not ALWAYS the farthest from the sun? If you've learned about our solar system, you know that there are nine planets orbiting around the sun. The closest planet to the sun is Mercury, and the farthest away is Pluto... most of the time! Sometimes, though, the planet Neptune is actually further from the sun. That's because the orbits of Pluto and Neptune are a little different! Did you know... The NASA Space shuttle doesn't have any engines for flying? It's true! While the space shuttles all have engines to get them around in space, when it comes to landing, the space shuttle GLIDES. That means it's just like a big paper airplane when it comes in for a landing! Did you know... Enoch and Elijah never died? In the Bible, there are only two men who never died. Both are in heaven, but both got there without having to die! You can read about Enoch in Genesis 5:18-24, and you can read about Elijah in 2 Kings chapter 2. Did you know... The oldest man in the Bible lived to be 969 years old? Methuselah, the son of Enoch, lived to the ripe old age of 969 years old. And you think your dad is old? You can read about Methuselah in Genesis chapter 5. Did you know... Sarah was 90 years old when she gave birth to Isaac? Wow! Nowadays, most people never live to be 90 years old, but in Genesis chapter 5, Sarah gave birth to Isaac when she was 90 years old! Did you know... The parting of the Red Sea wasn't the only time God moved water out of the way for people to cross through? We all know the story in Exodus chapter 14 when God parted the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross through on dry ground, but that wasn't the only time God moved water aside for His people. In Joshua chapter 3, God stopped the flow of the the Jordan river so that the Israelites could cross over into the promised land. God also divided the waters of the river Jordan twice more in 2 Kings chapter 2 for Elijah and Elisha! Did you know... Paul Revere wasn't the only person to warn the American colonists of the British invasion during the Revolutionary War? You may know the story of Paul Revere's famous horse ride in which he cried, "The British are coming!" What you may not know is that there was another horse rider who also warned the colonists to prepare to fight the invasion. This rider rode for 40 miles, while Paul Revere rode only ten miles, warning all the colonists to prepare to fight in an all-night ride. The most interesting thing of all is that this second horse rider was a sixteen year old girl named Sybil Ludington! If you have a fun fact you'd like to add to this page, click here to tell us about it!