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