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