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