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