β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.
β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.