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