Category: Fun Facts

The death of any child is horrible, especially when it can be so easily avoided in most cases. However, what do you think is responsible for the death of over 2000 children each and every single day equating to over 750,000 over the course of a year? You probably think about malaria or even AIDS, […]

Police in Mumbai, India had a rather novel approach to dealing with a thief who was caught stealing a gold chain. Before he could be arrested, he swallowed the chain in the hope that this would then mean there was no evidence and he would be allowed to go free. However, it turns out that […]

The theory that we would be able to travel through time has intrigued people for an eternity. It seems that the eminent British physicist, Stephen Hawking, decided to conduct an experiment just to show that we are not quite there yet in our ability to travel in this manner. Several years ago, Hawking decided that […]

According to science, humans are able to distinguish the difference between hot and cold water being poured. Now, while that may sound like a piece of useless information. It has been shown that it is important for the sake of advertising so, whenever you see an advert with tea or coffee being poured and there […]

OK, so we all know that us humans are pretty cool with the range of things that we are capable of doing, but are you aware of just how rare we are when it comes to certain things? Take laughter as an example. Out of all of the different species of animals that exist in […]

To be honest, going to the toilet should hardly be a traumatic experience for us since we do it a number of times each day and kind of get used to how everything works. However, it seems that things do not go as smoothly as they perhaps should for a number of people across the […]

When it comes to people that were a cheerleader, it is perhaps fair to say that George W. Bush would not be one of those people that you would put at the top of your list. However, you would be wrong in doing so, and in actual fact he went even further with this cheerleader […]

We all know that Bugs Bunny loves his carrots, but did you know that the man behind his voice was not as keen on eating them as his famous cartoon buddy? There are stories that Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots, but that is not actually true. However, he did have a personal distaste for […]

The Houses of Parliament in London are famous around the world, but there is some confusion as to whether or not it is legal for you to die within the confines of the buildings. However, the truth is that this is generally put down to a misunderstanding within the law. While it is illegal for […]

The alarm clock is the bane of our life as it wakes us up from a peaceful slumber and reminds us that the day is starting and we better get out of bed. However, the modern-day alarm clock is certainly far more flexible in what it can do when compared to the earliest version that […]