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