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