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