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