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