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