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