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