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