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