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