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