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