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