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