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