[ad_1] Have you ever heard of Sebastianism? Sebastian’s Legend In the heart of Portugal, a legend persists about a young king who vanished in battle, igniting...
[ad_1] Why do some people call ballpoint pens a biro? The ballpoint pen was introduced in 1945, by a man named László Bíró, a Hungarian journalist....
[ad_1] Have you ever heard the sound of a giraffe humming? Probably not. One of the lesser-known facts about the animal kingdom is that giraffes, those...
[ad_1] The temperature of lightning is far hotter than you might imagine. In fact, it can exceed the temperature of even the surface of the Sun....
[ad_1] When sleep is fragmented or of poor quality, people often have better dream recall. In other words, they have a higher frequency of remembering their...
[ad_1] Do you cringe at the sound of your own voice? Many people experience a jolt of surprise and often discomfort upon hearing their own voice...
[ad_1] Have you ever noticed that your nails grow faster in the summer? The Science of How Nails Grow Faster in Summer Nail growth is influenced...
[ad_1] Wearing red is correlated with winning more games in football. The relationship between the color of sports uniforms and team performance has been an interest...
[ad_1] We’ve heard of mouth breathing, but never butt breathing. Yet it turns out that turtles can breathe through their butts. Technically known as cloacal respiration,...
[ad_1] Diving into the world of chess, we hit upon a fact that’s as mind-boggling as it is true: there are infinite possibilities in chess games....
[ad_1] only 1% of Earth’s water is drinkable. Yes, in a world covered by 71% water, the amount we can actually use to quench our thirst,...
[ad_1] Lighters were invented before matches. It sounds like a historical hiccup, doesn’t it? After all, you’d think the simpler technology would precede the more complex...
[ad_1] The North Pole experiences only one sunrise a year. This singular event marks a transition from one seemingly endless night to a day that lasts...
[ad_1] There’s a way of turning peanut butter into diamonds. Yep – your go-to sandwich spread can actually be turned into one of the most coveted...
[ad_1] Hippos make their own sunscreen. And it’s all natural! Sunny Hippos Hippos spend a significant amount of time submerged in water to keep cool under...
[ad_1] People can’t burp in space. Now, you might wonder, why on Earth (or rather, off Earth) can’t astronauts do something as simple as burping? It...
[ad_1] When Boeing set out to improve in-flight WiFi, they needed a solution to simulate how human passengers would affect signal strength and distribution. Enter the...
[ad_1] Everybody loves weird animal facts, but we were surprised at how much fun we had learning about these sloth facts. Sloths, those slow-moving creatures often...
[ad_1] Did you know that clouds are heavy? Yep, those fluffy, floating fixtures in the sky, hold a heavy secret. It’s a surprising fact that the...
[ad_1] In a bizarre turn of events, a female kangaroo recently found herself the protagonist of an unexpected adventure in Ontario, Canada. Born in captivity and...