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