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