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