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