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