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