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