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