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