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