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