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