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