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