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