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