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