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