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