Growth Facts

The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.

In 2000, China had zero billionaires. By 2024, it had over 800 billionaires, the second-highest number in the world after the United States.

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!

Baby blue whales grow at an average rate of 10 pounds per hour

Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.

A rodent's teeth never stop growing.

The United States has more trees today than it did 100 years ago. Forest regrowth has exceeded harvesting since the early 20th century, with the country gaining approximately 7.1% of its forest cover since 1920.

‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.