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