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