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