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