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