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