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