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