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