★Cats can't taste sweetness.★An octopus has nine brains.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.★Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.★A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.
★Cats can't taste sweetness.★An octopus has nine brains.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.★Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.★A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.