Category: Fun Facts

Do you think that you could ever go on a flight using just helium balloons? If so, then how many do you think you would need for it all to work? To get some kind of an answer, we have to head back to 1982 and the rather crazy example of Larry Walters. It seems […]

Too often in the world today we are obsessed by the way in which we throw things away at the very first sign of them being broken. However, the same idea does not apply across the world, as can be seen by an entire philosophy that exists in Japan about this very subject. In Japan, […]

Have you ever found out a little bit too late that you have done your laundry and something that you required was in the pocket? If so, then you know how annoying it can be. However, it seems that it does not always have to be bad news as can be seen by the case […]

Just to show how crazy the art world can be, you only have to look at an example from Sweden in the 1960’s. Back in 1964, a series of paintings were put on display that were claimed to come from a previously unknown French artist who went by the name, Pierre Brasau. The reaction that […]

Trying to accurately detect a bomb is a serious thing. It seems that there are moments where the equipment is perhaps, not up to the standard that you would expect when you were doing this rather delicate job. Take a model of bomb detector known as the ADE 651. Its name makes it sound as […]

A snake is often quite terrifying for most people, but what do you think is the largest snake that has ever been recovered? The answer to this question is not as easy as it seems, but then we are also cheating slightly with the answer because we have to go back to the time of […]

Understanding the origins of various terms or items that we use on a regular basis does give us a completely different perspective and one such item is the dashboard on a vehicle. Now, it just seems to make virtually no sense whatsoever for it to be called this, but then that is because you do […]

Graffiti is nothing new, but what do you think graffiti that is 2000 years old would say? Are you of the opinion that it would be along the same lines as today where people would write their name on some public place? Well, if you did think that, then you would be very wrong indeed. […]

The invention of the telephone was a huge leap forward when it came to technology. However, there was one problem in the early days of it appearing on the market. That problem was simply that the telephone bell itself had not been invented. So, trying to get the attention of the person you were calling […]

The Japanese are known in the world today for their pacifist approach to everything, so when you take that into consideration what kind of percentage of Japanese people are actually willing to go out and fight for their country? The actual figure according to surveys is as low as 11%, which is the lowest in […]