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