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