β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.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
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.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
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.