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