Category: Fun Facts

Being the mayor is often a job that is filled with stress as you try to appease everyone and still maintain a real sense of authority in your city or town. However, the town of Talkeetna in Alaska decided to do things differently from the rest of the world back in 1997. For a number […]

Nations end up being given a national flower, fruit, vegetable, anthem, the list just goes on and on for an eternity, but what about a national animal? Well, it turns out that the animals that are linked to countries may not have anything in particular to do with the country in question. So, if you […]

If you ever try a product that states that it contains artificial banana flavoring, then you might be disappointed to discover that it just does not taste like the bananas that you have experienced. Well, there is a very good explanation as to why that is the case. Pretty much every version of artificial banana […]

You would like to think that any nuclear missiles would be very well looked after since it is clearly going to be dangerous if it gets into the wrong hands. Well, that sounds as if it should be easy, but there is a period in history where it appears to have been harder than you […]

OK, so this is a bit of a trick question but, how old do you think is the earliest piece of evidence is that shows the presence of mosquitoes that could lead to malaria? The answer is in the tomb of Tutankhamun as research and scientific analysis has shown the presence of parasites preserved in […]

The Sims is not only a cool game, but it is also extremely popular with millions and millions of copies having been sold over the years. However, do you know how it was even created in the first place? Well it turns out that this is the perfect example of how tragedy can sometimes lead […]

If someone said to you that they were going to release two pigeons in order to show their love or to display some kind of peace symbol, then your automatic reaction would be that they were mad. However, it would actually be you that would really be the mad one. The reason for that is […]

When it comes to iconic bands, then the Beetles have to be up there as being one of the more famous to have ever been in the music industry. Ultimately, their members have been commemorated in a variety of ways over the years, but it seems that a rather cruel twist of fate was able […]

Using the term ‘bucks’ when it comes to US Dollars is something that we are all familiar with, but where do you think that the term comes from? To answer that, we need to go back to the earliest days of the settlers because even though money was in circulation, skins were also regarded as […]

Unless you are in the UK, you might not be aware that the BBC has no advertisements and it is unable to push any products or services. The reason for this is broadcast laws that go back to the point where the BBC was created. They had the intention of making sure that they were […]