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