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