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