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