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