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