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