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