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