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