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

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

Typing sprint

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Typing sprint

Each passage gives you a fresh 30 seconds. Finish before the clock runs out and a new one drops in.

Or press Space / Enter to start.

How to play Typing sprint

A short text appears on screen. Start typing it out as fast as you can. The current word lights up so you know where you are. Wrong letters show in red and you have to backspace to fix them. The timer starts the second you press your first key and stops at thirty seconds. Your speed shows up as words per minute and your accuracy as a percentage.

Tips

Sit straight and rest your fingers on the home row
Read one or two words ahead so your hands keep moving
Speed comes from rhythm, slow down to fix typos right away
Long words give a bigger speed boost than short ones

About Typing sprint

Typing tests are older than the personal computer. They go all the way back to typewriter contests in the early 1900s, when winners pulled in real prize money for hundred plus words a minute. Today they are a quick way to see how your hands compare to the average office worker, around forty words per minute. Our sprint runs for half a minute, just long enough to push hard without your wrists complaining.

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