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