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