Fall Asleep While Learning Useless Science Facts
by Tahseen K
This track will help you fall asleep while learning useless, boring facts designed to lull your mind into relaxation and help you drift off quickly, leaving your thoughts calm and unbothered by anything remotely exciting or stimulating. Happy Sleeping! Voice: Rick Music: Enlightened Audio
Transcript
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans,
Seven.
A jigsaw puzzle with 500 pieces takes an average of 6 to 10 hours to complete.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Most dust in your house is made of dead skin cells.
The average yawn lasts about 6 seconds.
The word set has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
Octopuses have blue blood because it contains copper-based molecules instead of iron.
The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
The average human blinks 15 to 20 times per minute,
Which is about 1,
200 times an hour.
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Pigeons can recognize their own reflection in a mirror.
Peanuts are not nuts,
They're legumes.
Koalas sleep up to 18 to 22 hours a day.
The small pocket on your jeans was originally meant for a pocket watch.
The Statue of Liberty's index finger is about 8 feet long.
The average cumulus cloud weighs around 1.
1 million pounds.
Blue whales are so big that a human could swim through their largest veins.
A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its brain to cushion it from impact.
The word nerd was first coined by Dr.
Seuss in If I Ran the Zoo.
Squirrels can find buried acorns using their sense of smell,
Even under a foot of snow.
The inventor of Pringles,
Fred Barr,
Had his ashes buried in a Pringles can.
A type of fungus in Hawaii causes tree bark to smell like maple syrup.
The longest musical performance ever is scheduled to end in the year 2640.
In ancient Greece,
Throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal.
Some metals,
Like gallium,
Can melt in your hand.
Octopuses have been observed collecting shiny objects and creating gardens of treasures.
The human nose can detect over a trillion different scents.
The hashtag symbol is actually called an octothorpe.
Penguins propose to their mates with a pebble.
Sea otters have a pouch in their armpit to store their favorite rocks.
A group of parrots is called a pandemonium.
Peaches and nectarines are essentially the same fruit.
One just has a gene for fuzziness.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
A single cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Carrots were originally cultivated in a variety of colors,
Including purple,
Red,
Yellow,
And black.
Frogs use their eyes to help swallow food by pushing it down their throats.
Bubble wrap was invented as wallpaper before it became a packing material.
Some fish communicate by farting.
There's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever by reverting to its juvenile form.
Tomatoes have more genes than humans do.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water.
This is known as the Mipimba effect.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.
The Basenji dog breed is known as the barkless dog because it doesn't bark.
Bananas naturally have a slight glow under black light due to their phosphorus content.
Your heart beats about 100,
000 times a day.
Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
The Eiffel Tower grows in summer by about six inches.
Bees have five eyes.
An octopus has three hearts.
Bananas are berries.
Strawberries are not.
Humans and slugs share about 70% of their DNA.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals to humans.
A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
Avocados are poisonous to birds.
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
Elephants mourn their dead.
Your brain is about 60% fat.
Carrots were originally purple.
Cows have regional accents.
A blue whale's heart weighs as much as a car.
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans,
Seven.
A jigsaw puzzle with 500 pieces takes an average of six to ten hours to complete.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Most dust in your house is made of dead skin cells.
The average yawn lasts about six seconds.
The word set has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
Octopuses have blue blood because it contains copper-based molecules instead of iron.
The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
The average human blinks 15 to 20 times per minute,
Which is about 1,
200 times an hour.
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Pigeons can recognize their own reflection in a mirror.
Peanuts are not nuts,
They're legumes.
Koalas sleep up to 18 to 22 hours a day.
The small pocket on your jeans was originally meant for a pocket watch.
The Statue of Liberty's index finger is about eight feet long.
The average cumulus cloud weighs around 1.
1 million pounds.
Blue whales are so big that a human could swim through their largest veins.
A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its brain to cushion it from impact.
The word nerd was first coined by Dr.
Seuss in If I Ran the Zoo.
Squirrels can find buried acorns using their sense of smell,
Even under a foot of snow.
The inventor of Pringles,
Fred Barr,
Had his ashes buried in a Pringles can.
A type of fungus in Hawaii causes tree bark to smell like maple syrup.
The longest musical performance ever is scheduled to end in the year 2640.
In ancient Greece,
Throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal.
Some metals,
Like gallium,
Can melt in your hand.
Octopuses have been observed collecting shiny objects and creating gardens of treasures.
The human nose can detect over a trillion different scents.
The hashtag symbol is actually called an octothorpe.
Penguins propose to their mates with a pebble.
Sea otters have a pouch in their armpit to store their favorite rocks.
A group of parrots is called a pandemonium.
Peaches and nectarines are essentially the same fruit.
One just has a gene for fuzziness.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
A single cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Carrots were originally cultivated in a variety of colors,
Including purple,
Red,
Yellow,
And black.
Frogs use their eyes to help swallow food by pushing it down their throats.
Bubble wrap was invented as wallpaper before it became a packing material.
Some fish communicate by farting.
There's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever by reverting to its juvenile form.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.
The Basenji dog breed is known as the barkless dog because it doesn't bark.
Females naturally have a slight glow under black light due to their phosphorous content.
Your heart beats about 100,
000 times a day.
Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
The Eiffel Tower grows in summer by about six inches.
Bees have five eyes.
An octopus has three hearts.
Apples are berries.
Strawberries are not.
Humans and slugs share about 70% of their DNA.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals to humans.
A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
Avocados are poisonous to birds.
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
Elephants mourn their dead.
Your brain is about 60% fat.
Carrots were originally purple.
Cows have regional accents.
A blue whale's heart weighs as much as a car.
A jigsaw puzzle with 500 pieces takes an average of 6 to 10 hours to complete.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Most dust in your house is made of dead skin cells.
The average yawn lasts about six seconds.
The word set has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
Octopuses have blue blood because it contains copper-based molecules instead of iron.
The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a frisbee after he died.
The average human blinks 15 to 20 times per minute,
Which is about 1,
200 times an hour.
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Pigeons can recognize their own reflection in a mirror.
Peanuts are not nuts,
They're legumes.
Koalas sleep up to 18 to 22 hours a day.
The small pocket on your jeans was originally meant for a pocket watch.
The Statue of Liberty's index finger is about eight feet long.
The average cumulus cloud weighs around 1.
1 million pounds.
Blue whales are so big that a human could swim through their largest veins.
A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its brain to cushion it from impact.
The word nerd was first coined by Dr.
Seuss in If I Ran the Zoo.
Squirrels can find buried acorns using their sense of smell,
Even under a foot of snow.
The inventor of Pringles,
Fred Barr,
Had his ashes buried in a Pringles can.
A type of fungus in Hawaii causes tree bark to smell like maple syrup.
The longest musical performance ever is scheduled to end in the year 2640.
In ancient Greece,
Throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal.
Some metals,
Like gallium,
Can melt in your hand.
Octopuses have been observed collecting shiny objects and creating gardens of treasures.
The human nose can detect over a trillion different scents.
The hashtag symbol is actually called an octothorpe.
Penguins propose to their mates with a pebble.
Sea otters have a pouch in their armpit to store their favorite rocks.
A group of parrots is called a pandemonium.
Peaches and nectarines are essentially the same fruit.
One just has a gene for fuzziness.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
A single cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Carrots were originally cultivated in a variety of colors,
Including purple,
Red,
Yellow,
And black.
Frogs use their eyes to help swallow food by pushing it down their throats.
Bubble wrap was invented as wallpaper before it became a packing material.
Some fish communicate by farting.
There's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever by reverting to its juvenile form.
Tomatoes have more genes than humans do.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water.
This is known as the Mipimba effect.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.
The Basenji dog breed is known as the barkless dog because it doesn't bark.
Bananas naturally have a slight glow under black light due to their phosphorus content.
Your heart beats about 100,
000 times a day.
Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
The Eiffel Tower grows in summer by about six inches.
Bees have five eyes.
An octopus has three hearts.
Bananas are berries.
Strawberries are not.
Humans and slugs share about 70% of their DNA.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals to humans.
A sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
Avocados are poisonous to birds.
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
Elephants mourn their dead.
Your brain is about 60% fat.
Carrots were originally purple.
Cows have regional accents.
A blue whale's heart weighs as much as a car.
