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