Did You Know?

I bet you think you're pretty smart. 

You know a lot of stuff!

You've studied every list and chart,

But do you know enough?

Take, for example, honey bees. 

Did you know that they sing?

They hum a tune in different keys

For everyone they sting. 

And did you know the Eiffel Tower

First was made of rope?

A June bug lives for just an hour!

Did you know that?  Nope!

Abe Lincoln had a tiny bird

He kept beneath his hat. 

It wrote his speeches--every word!

Were you aware of that?

And did you know that grapes contain 

A tiny speck of gold?

And penguins chew on sugar cane

To keep from getting cold?

I bet you didn't know that worms

Blow bubbles on the breeze. 

A corn flake has three times more germs

Than in the wettest sneeze. 

And so, my friend, please stay in school!

There's lots that you don't know yet!

Like how to keep from being fooled

By such a silly poet.