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