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