True or false

A dog sweats by panting its tongue

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Canines sweat through glands in their paws

An ant can lift 1,000 times its body weight

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Ants can lift 5,000 times their body weight

Galapagos tortoises sleep up to 16 hours a day

• True

• False

Answer explanation

And they can go a year without food or water

An octopus has seven hearts

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It has three hearts and they do a lot of work. One heart circulates blood around the body and the other two pump blood past the gills and pick up oxygen

New York City is composed of between 36 and 42 islands

• True

• False

Answer explanation

New York has three main islands: Manhattan Island, Staten Island and part of Long Island, and it also has a number of smaller islands within each borough

The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean covering more than 60 million square miles

The total length of the Great Wall of China adds up to 13,171 miles

• True

• False

Answer explanation

That distance is half the length of the equator

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Measuring a mere 0.2 square miles, it is almost 120 times smaller than Manhattan in New York

Alaska has the most active volcanoes of any state in the United States

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Edging out Hawaii - Alaska has 141 potentially active volcanoes

Most of the human brain is made of muscle

• True

• False

Answer explanation

60% is made up of fat, making it the fattiest organ