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