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