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