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