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