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