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