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