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