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