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