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