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