Category: Fun Facts

When it comes to getting their freak on, the animal kingdom has a number of ways in which the male and female prepare for the most intimate of acts. Some are quite impressive, with a funky dance showing off bright feathers, but other acts are just downright strange. Take the giraffe as a prime example. […]

When you look up into the sky and think of the sun and the moon, have you ever wondered how on earth they manage to look the same size? It clearly doesn’t make any sense simply because you know that the sun is much larger than the moon, so it must be that your eyes […]

London has had a number of rather interesting characters throughout its history. Of course, most have heard of Jack the Ripper, but go back into the 1600s and you have another character who managed to send terror through the hearts and minds of those who resided in the city at that time. However, this was […]

Unless you stay in New York yourself, you may very well have the idea that New Yorkers are actually pretty dangerous. Well, it seems that this is kind of backed up by some studies even though the comparisons that are being drawn are perhaps not along the normal lines that you would expect to see. […]

You would think that being given the role of James Bond would only happen to those guys that had an established history in the world of acting. However, that’s not the case when it comes to George Lazenby, the guy that ended up taking over the role from Sean Connery for the movie, On Her […]

Being caught up in one bomb would be difficult, but imagine if you were unlucky enough to be caught up in two. Now, let’s ramp this up to another level and say that you would need to be the unluckiest person alive if both of those bombs were atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan […]

You have to admit, that when it comes to murder mystery novels, Agatha Christie is still one of the best that has ever lived. Her stories have been made into countless TV shows, TV movies, and millions of books sold around the world. Throw in plays, and you have a literary phenomenon. Over her lifetime, […]

When it comes to meat that is popular, then you would be hard pressed to find something that could surpass the popularity of chicken. However, even though there are millions and millions of them eaten around the world, you may not be aware that we are pretty much eating the same chicken. Now, you could […]

Everybody knows that we need blood in order to survive. It flows around our body via an intricate roadmap of blood vessels that looks rather impressive when you see it drawn on a medical diagram. But then, do you know how far your blood vessels would stretch if they were all laid out end to […]

In the world today, we are used to encountering female doctors of all kinds. It is nothing special, but it was clearly not always the case when you look back into history. In fact, the very first woman who was allowed to enter medical school from the United States was apparently admitted as a joke! […]