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