Category: Fun Facts

Ancient Egypt is something that is known around the world, but the Egyptians themselves did not generally refer to themselves by that moniker. Instead, the civilization was known by different names throughout its history, and it is not until we get to the Greeks that some name that signifies Egypt was actually created. Back in […]

There are all kinds of different statistics regarding war, and it’s fair to say that some of them are far more shocking than others. Take this one as a perfect example. Out of all of the different countries that took part in World War II, which one lost the most men, and how many did […]

The United States has been in a number of wars throughout its history, but which one actually claimed the most lives? You do have a range of contenders to choose from, and most people would select World War I or II, or perhaps even Vietnam as the one with the most deaths. However, if you […]

The battles of World War I were horrific, and being on the frontline in the trenches was not the kind of place that you would want to be. Communications were still very basic, but what do you think was used in order to get messages to the front? You would have initially thought that carrier […]

The very idea of a tank being assigned a sex is, well, rather strange to say the least. However, that is exactly what happened during World War I. It turns out that the British army decided to identify tanks by sex, but it was merely done to distinguish between two types of tanks that had […]

For a moment, let us stick to the idea of the origins of words for this fact, only change locations and move from ancient Greece to ancient Rome. Once again, it is a medical term, and one that we all use without giving much thought as to where it comes from. The word in this […]

We are all familiar with the concept of our vital organs, but have you ever wondered why they are called organs in the first place? Well, the answer takes us to Greece, which should be no surprise considering so many medical terms are either Greek or Roman in origin. In this instance, the term ‘organ’ […]

If we can stay in Ancient Egypt for just a few minutes, we can look at their history and see that a Pharaoh could also lay claim to being the King with the most children during his reign. We are not just talking about a handful of children either, as it goes far beyond that. […]

Flies are annoying, and it can often feel as if they are just never to leave you alone, which is then going to drive you insane. However, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh came up with his very own idea that apparently worked even though we would not go ahead and recommend it as an option. Pharaoh […]

After the earlier fact about South Korea and their fascination with poop, this fact should be absolutely perfect for them, even though anybody should find this rather interesting. For this poop fact, we are going to look at the wombat because they are able to achieve something that is pretty remarkable—if anything related to this […]