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