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