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