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