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