Category: Fun Facts

Both movies and video games have created this idea that you can detonate explosives simply by shooting them. Let’s face it, this does make for a pretty cool scene, and there is a certain sense of satisfaction when you manage to blow stuff up and run onto the next level. The problem is that this […]

There have been several movies where the bad guy has been killed thanks to being covered in liquid nitrogen resulting in them being frozen to the spot. It was even used in Terminator 2. However, the problem with this approach is that being hit by a blast of it will not kill you. Actually, it’s […]

Ah, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ is one of those movies that was able to send shivers down the spines of every single individual that watched it, and there’s no doubt that it was a phenomenon when it came out. There are so many scenes that stand out, and it also has its fair share […]

Monopoly is one of the most popular board games that has ever been created, and this popularity has led to a number of variations hitting the shelves across the world. Aside from the game, the character that appears on the box, called Rich Uncle Pennybags, has also become a cult figure. But then, he is […]

Hip-Hop is huge, and it is crazy to think about how much money is generated as a direct result of this music, but a lot of people don’t realize that we have a power shortage to thank for it exploding onto the scene. The place is New York City and the time is 1977. The […]

Penicillin has literally been a lifesaver since it was discovered back in the 19th century by Alexander Fleming. However, he does not deserve all of the credit for the discovery because he was actually coming up short with his attempts to study mold. He discovered it by accident, but the levels he was originally producing […]

Whenever you think of Romeo and Juliet, what is the one scene that stands out in the mind of every single individual that has ever heard the story? That’s right, the balcony scene when Juliet is shouting out for Romeo. It’s so romantic. But there’s a problem. The problem is that Shakespeare never even mentioned […]

Have you ever found yourself looking at that red-and-white-striped pole that sits in front of a barbershop and wondered where it came from? Well, the answer is back in history when a barber could not only cut your hair but also perform a range of medical procedures. In particular, they would perform some bloodletting in […]

Scotland and whisky go together like, well Laurel and Hardy or any other famous double act that you care to imagine, but the chances are that you have never heard of something called ‘The Angel’s Share’. This is one thing that every distillery is aware of, and it is all to do with the way […]

Glue is pretty cool, and it is certainly something that is very useful in a number of ways, but did you know that humans (as we know them) were not the inventors? Instead, archaeologists have discovered that the first-ever version of glue was created by the Neanderthals approximately 200,000 years ago. We aren’t quite sure […]