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