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