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