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