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