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