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