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