Geography - Facts for Kids

In Mississippi, Dr. James Hardy performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1964 using a chimpanzee heart, but the first successful human-to-human heart transplant happened later in 1967.

The Pacific Ocean has the most cyclones of any ocean basin!

Fijian families often live together in big groups — with grandparents, parents, and children all close by or living in the same home.

Cape Canaveral, Florida, has launched thousands of rockets and spacecraft since the 1950s, making it one of the busiest spaceports in the world!

Florida was actually a Spanish territory twice — first from 1513 to 1763 and again from 1783 to 1821!