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