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