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