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