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