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