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