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