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