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