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