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