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