β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.
β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.
