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