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