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