Five Fun Facts About Summer

Fun Facts About Summer

• A cricket’s chirp frequency fluctuates with temperature. What does this mean? You can tell the temperature (in Fahrenheit) by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds. Just add 37 to whatever number you reach and BAM you have an approximate outside temp! (The Houston Museum of Natural Science)
• The average American eats around 5 1/2 gallons of ice cream a year.  July is the National Ice Cream month because it is the month the most ice cream is sold.
• Mosquitoes have been around for 30 million years. They can detect mammals from 100 feet away especially warm-blooded creatures (that’s why they love humans!!)  And they have visual sensors that detect movement and contrast in colors.
• Watermelon is actually a vegetable, not a fruit!  It is most closely related to cucumbers, pumpkins and squash. The watermelon is composed of 92 percent water and early explorers often used hollowed out watermelons as canteens.
• Popsicle was invented by accident by an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson in 1905.  He accidentally left a mixture of powdered soda and water, with a stirring stick, on his porch, and awoke the next morning to find a frozen pop!  Cherry flavor popsicle is the number one favorite flavor.