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