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