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