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