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