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