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