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