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