Category: Fun Facts

What do you think is the highest mountain known to mankind? To be fair, most people would jump for Mt Everest, but if you just did that, then you would be wrong. Instead, the highest mountain that we know of is not even on planet Earth. Instead, we need to take a trip to Mars […]

The different planets that form our solar system all have various temperatures, but there is more to it than how close they are to the sun. If that was indeed the only contributing factor, then Mercury would be the hottest planet due to its proximity to the sun, but it’s not. Instead, it is Venus […]

When it comes to backgrounds that have appeared on a PC, then the one with the blue sky has to be the most famous of all. It is also seen as being the most widely used background. That is because it takes into an account of people loving it as well as being too lazy […]

The Xbox has been quite a success for Microsoft since its launch, but have you ever stopped to think as to what the X part means in Xbox? If you were under the impression that it stood for something cool, then you might be disappointed, to hear that it stands for something a bit more […]

If you hate spiders and have a phobia surrounding them, then you might want to look away now. Studies have shown that if you venture out into green areas that it is then believed that in every acre of land there are somewhere in the region of 50,000 spiders. However, even though that does sound […]

It makes sense that various animals can drown in the exact same way as humans. It may surprise you to find out that there are some species on this list that you would perhaps not have expected to find. For example, would you think that a turtle or an alligator could drown? How about a […]

Jokes, we all love them even though some of us are better at telling them than others. However, do you know what qualifies as being the oldest joke in the world? To get the answer, we need to go back to the absolute origins of writing, which means we are in the Middle East and […]

The game of chess is enjoyed by millions of people around the world, and you will perhaps be familiar with the various pieces that are placed on the board. The most numerous is clearly the pawn, but did you know that each pawn used to have its own name when we go back in time? […]

When you think of the skin of a dinosaur, what do you think? The chances are you will immediately think of scaled and a skin that pretty much resembles that of the modern-day alligator. Well, even though you will be right in a number of cases, it is not always true that all dinosaurs had […]

Hitler has a pretty bad name, and understandably so, because of what he managed to do throughout his life. However, not all of his family was bad and one person in particular managed to go completely against his infamous relative. The relative in question was the nephew of Hitler who went by the name William […]