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