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