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