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