Category: Fun Facts

After reading this perhaps you will look at your goldfish with new eyes, particularly when you realize he or she really looks at you with new eyes. The human eye can only see three colors and variations of these, a goldfish can see four! The fourth color is an ultraviolet color and this helps him […]

If you had to hazard a guess at which is the strongest muscle in the body, would you have guessed your tongue? Probably not! The tongue, which is rich in muscle is in reality not the strongest muscle but a group of muscles that intertwine making the tongue as a whole one of the strongest […]

Whatever your preconceived notions are about South Africa, some of the most well-known facts are that South Africa is often a dangerous place to live. Loads of newspaper articles will point out how chancy it is, however, despite the danger, Cape Town has been voted one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Holidaymakers […]

The idea of an albino animal is well known, especially when it involves an animal that is just not meant to be white in any way at all. However, even though an albino is something that we have all heard of, few people are aware that there is an opposite to it when it comes […]

You have heard of the term ‘movie footage’ or footage being used in a video sense? Do you know why it is referred to as footage in the first place? If you were under the impression that it would be some complicated movie terminology that is difficult to understand or comprehend, then think again. Instead, […]

If you take some time to study the bottom of a pizza, and who has never done that before, then you will notice that there are some indents across the base. Now, if you thought that this was due to some part of the manufacturing process or is done for the sake of some design […]

Have you ever used the ‘I’m feeling lucky’ option when you navigate to the Google search page? If so, then you will be familiar with the way in which you just never know what is going to appear on your screen, but there is something behind the technology that means it is not regarded as […]

Whenever an individual goes missing, it is common for there to be a search party created in the local area and for people to come together in order to hopefully find the person in question. It can be a scary time since you never know what you might end up finding, and that can just […]

One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the modern era has to be the iceman called Otzi. Found in the Alps, it turns out that this was a discovery that showed an ancient murder rather than just somebody that had got lost in the wilderness and unfortunately died. As his body is found close to […]

Nowadays, we have a habit of just throwing anything into the wash whenever we feel like it as we have all of the machinery that allows us to do just that. However, in the past it was an expensive thing to wash your clothes which is why they came up with a rather clever way […]