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