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