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