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