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