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