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