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