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