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