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