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