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