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