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