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