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