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