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