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