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