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