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