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