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