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