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