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