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