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