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