β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.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
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.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
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.