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