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