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