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