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