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