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