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