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