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