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