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