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