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