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