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