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