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