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