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