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