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