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