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