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