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