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