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