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