Category: Fun Facts

Gabi Mann was your average, ordinary eight-year-old from Seattle when she made headlines in 2015—with one exception. She had befriended the birds in her garden in an extraordinary way. Gabi became known for feeding the birds that came to her yard. Unlike most people, however, the gifts she gave were reciprocated. Gabi has a storage […]

One man’s faith in the postal service puts the rest of ours to shame. Melvin Milligan won a $46 million lottery jackpot in the state of New Jersey in 2001. Milligan also became the first person in New Jersey lottery history to send the winning ticket in regular mail, instead of opting for insured or […]

Silly String may be best known as a fun addition to any party, but has also taken on a new role in the United States military. Troops can use Silly String to detect any tripwires, triggering mechanisms, or alarms. The product, also known as party string or aerosol string, can reach up to ten or […]

When they’re not busy rummaging through your trash, raccoons are actually quite complex and fascinating creatures. Raccoons rely on water sources, so they must live within several hundred years of a water source, like a stream or a pond. They are nocturnal for the most part and eat almost any food. As far as prey […]

How many times have you gone out with friends for ice cream just to hear them yell, “Brain freeze!” after eating too fast?! Brain freeze is actually the common name for sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, which is your body’s way of telling you to slow down when eating cold foods. Brain freeze occurs because, when you eat […]

Sports have become an important part of modern culture, and it has been this way for thousands of years. In ancient Rome, hundreds of thousands of people would gather to watch chariot races and naval battles. Drivers for the races were chosen amongst the lower class, and they were given jerseys, helmets, and shin guards, […]

A whale that goes by the name of 52 has become known as the loneliest whale in the world. Though it has never been spotted, scientists only know of its existence because its sounds have been picked up through sonar detectors, and 52 got its name because of the frequency of its songs—52 hertz. Its […]

Teens can be quite impressionable, and it is said that many teens will do just about anything to impress their friends. One teenager in Australia took that to the next level and beyond in early 2017. Lee De Paauw was drinking with friends at a hostel in Queensland when he met a girl who captured […]

In March of 1977, Star Wars was an unknown movie, simply a script about outer space with a low budget. Darth Vader was to be the villain in the movie, but the actor’s voice was deemed unfitting for what George Lucas had in mind. He wanted a deeper, more gruff voice. When James Earl Jones […]

Research done in 2013 by a graduate student at the University of Florida found that peanut butter can help diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stage of the disease. Jennifer Stamps was studying under a neurologist when she realized that Alzheimer’s patients were not being tested for their sense of smell. As a scientist, she knew […]