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