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