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