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