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