Category: Fun Facts

Soldiers need their strength and so what they ate was important to them and of course to the country they were serving. What they managed to get for supplies did vary depending on the area, country, and troupe. Daily rations as they were called were given to each soldier daily and these would be kept […]

It might shock some to know that even the British Royal Family took part in World War II, it might shock some even further to learn that Queen Elizabeth II, the current queen, was a mechanic in the war! She was always rather feisty and a very independent thinker it would appear, since not many […]

Any product has to be careful with what is promises the consumers or else they will end up finding themselves in court at some point trying to defend themselves. That is exactly what happened to the manufacturers of Red Bull back in 2015. It seems that a man by the name of Benjamin Carethers took […]

If you think of a woolly mammoth, then you think of something that died out thousands of years ago, and pretty much close to the time of the origins of modern humans. However, if you did think that this was the case, then you are very, very wrong indeed. Instead, while they did die out […]

The idea of humans populating Mars has been around for decades, and there is the belief that it will happen at some point. However, if we did get to the red planet then we would only be increasing the population from what it is at right now. OK, so this is a bit of a […]

Crop circles are strange. However, at one point there was the belief that crop circles had been discovered in the sea which would have just taken the strangeness up to an entirely new level. These circles were found on the ocean floor, and they remained a mystery for 6 years until science was able to […]

Now, you can forgive yourself if you have never heard of North Sentinal Island because that is probably for the best. However, there are several curious things about this island that may be able to grab your attention. The island is off the coast of India in the Bay of Bengal and it has largely […]

Having a deadline is something that we all generally hate simply because it puts additional pressure on us and that stress is just not a useful way to live. However, do you know where the term itself comes from? To get the answer, we need to go back in time to the American Civil War. […]

If you are unfortunate enough to be struck by lightning, then it is going to leave its mark on you in a number of ways. However, these are some facts and general information about the physical mark that it leaves on your body. What generally happens is that the affected area is going to then […]

At first glance there appears to be nothing special or different about the word ‘almost’ but that is simply because you are not looking at it in the correct way. If you pay particularly close attention to how the word is formed, then you will see that something will hopefully start to leap out for […]