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