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