Category: Fun Facts

Up until relatively recently, there was a process in China whereby the dead would be married. This was all to do with the fear in Chinese culture of the dead being lonely in the afterlife, so they figured that the only way in which this could be counteracted was by going ahead and marrying the […]

If you want to go into space and to become an astronaut with NASA, then you are advised to go ahead and start polishing up your Russian. The reason for that is quite simple. You must be able to have a conversation in Russian, and be pretty fluent, before you are ever going to be […]

It seems that almost anything can be described as being an offensive weapon if you look hard enough. Take the case in 2016 of a man who was officially charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he had the idea of throwing an alligator through a window that was part of a Wendy’s drive-thru. […]

When it comes to ancient Rome, then the gladiator was held in high regard and the top fighters were famous across civilization. Even today, there is something about them, thanks to various movies and TV shows that depict them in various lights. However, in all of those shows or movies, they seem to miss out […]

What would you say if you were told that there is a place where it does indeed rain diamonds? The chances are that you would want to get there immediately to then gather up as many of them as you can, but that is not possible. You see, the place we are talking about is […]

A fire alarm is clearly a very useful thing to have for safety reasons, but you have probably never thought about the impact that it would have on the deaf because, clearly they are going to be unable to hear it when there is danger. Well, the Japanese have come up with a pretty cool […]

How often have you been in a swimming pool and you feel as if your eyes are just on fire? You will have also come to the conclusion that it is connected to the chlorine in the water and that, in a way, pacifies how we feel about it. Well, the scary part is that […]

Something going into quarantine is a term that we are mainly all familiar with, but the word in itself is rather strange. Also, who decided what quarantine would mean? Well, as with every word there has to be an origin, and it is believed in this instance, that the word stems from Italian. The word […]

You would like to think that the concept of the 3D movie was relatively new, but you would be wrong. Instead, to find the first 3D film that was ever created we need to go all the way back to 1922. Yes, that’s right 1922. The movie in question was called ‘The Power of Love.’ […]

You would imagine that trying to beat some kind of world record would be amazing but spare a thought for a British guy by the name of David Jones. Back in 2010, he visited South Africa to set a new world record living in a room with 40 deadly snakes and stayed there for 121 […]