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