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