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