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