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