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