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