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