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