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