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