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