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