Category: Fun Facts

Something such as playing the lottery is clearly a game of chance. You select your numbers and then wait to see if you are lucky enough for them to be selected. Most people are even aware that the chances of them winning are stacked against them, but it can be useful to put it into […]

We know that sharks are deadly, but to be honest, there are not that many people that die as a result of a shark attack each year. This surprises a lot of people, and to show how rare it is we can compare it to the number of deaths caused by other things that we […]

There are times when places are going to change their name, or there are at least other ideas as to what they would be called. However, most individuals will be blissfully unaware that the place where they reside was initially intended to be called something else. Take these three states as prime examples. Tennessee is, […]

People are generally aware that a flea is pretty good at jumping. However, you may not be aware of just how good they are or how you could compare it to what you yourself are able to do from a jumping point of view. It has been worked out that the flea can jump a […]

There is something distinctly Chinese about the idea of fortune cookies, but there is a problem, and it is quite a big one. The problem is that the fortune cookie concept is not even Chinese in origin. Instead, it seems that it was an American that was able to come up with the idea almost […]

Pope John Paul II was famous for not only being the Pope, which is a good claim to fame, but also the fact that he was a goalkeeper for a soccer team before he became a priest. However, perhaps sport was kind of in his blood, a theory which is backed up by an event […]

A giraffe is a pretty cool animal, and it is certainly different than anything else that you will have ever set eyes on in your life. However, its dimensions also mean that it has a number of rather cool party tricks under its sleeve that would be hard for any other animal to be able […]

So, you know that the subway is going to be a breeding ground for various bacteria and viruses. If you travel on there on a regular basis, then there is every possibility that you will pick up all kinds of illnesses, and it is often due to the air that you are breathing in. However, […]

Having the hiccups is annoying. It is one of those strange things that the body is able to do that gets on the nerves of every single human being when it strikes. However, we are all familiar with different potential remedies that are going to cure it, from drinking out of the wrong side of […]

Most people are aware that a hippo has a rather impressive yawn, but just how big is it on average? Well, thanks to the way in which their jaws operate, they can open up their mouths to a crazy angle, and coupled with the overall size of the hippo in general, it means that there […]