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