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