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