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