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