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