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