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