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