Category: Fun Facts

Hyder, Alaska, was known as a mining town decades ago. Now, it is so far off the grid that residents band together to place large orders of food and try to place online orders in groups for convenience and shipping charges. Mail only flies into the town twice a week—so long as the weather is […]

One of the main—or, at least, favorite—indicators that it’s playoff season in hockey is the increase in facial hair amongst players. The tradition originated in the 1980s, when the New York Islanders grew beards during their playoff run, resulting in four Stanley Cups. Bob Nystrom, who was a forward on the team when the tradition […]

Trevell Coleman began made a name for himself as G. Dep, but not without hiding some skeletons in his closet. In 1993, when he was 18 years old, Coleman was addicted to drugs and making money as a cocaine dealer. He bought a gun and used it to mug a stranger. When the man put […]

Genene Jones became one of the most hated women in southern Texas when she was convicted of murdering a 15-month-old while working as a pediatric nurse. Many believe her crimes could have been prevented. Long before she was convicted of killing Chelsea McClellan, Jones had arisen suspicion because a high number of children has begun […]

Chang and Eng Bunker are one of the most famous pairs of conjoined twins, but that didn’t excuse them from the draft during the Civil War. Born in Thailand, the Bunkers had found work in a sideshow, with people paying simply to see this phenomenon of two people being joined at the sternum. At the […]

Nicholas White’s life changed when he was trapped in an elevator in 1999. He was working as a production manager for a magazine when he went out for a smoke break one Friday night while he was working late. White got back into the elevator after his smoke break, only to have the elevator shake […]

When the World Trade Center was being rebuilt in the early 2010s, Subway decided it was the perfect location for a new Subway shop. This shop was a mobile shop that moved up each story as the construction continued along. It was built because workers generally had a thirty-minute lunch break, but it took them […]

Chicken feathers have become a popular material in all sorts of products. While bird feathers are commonly thought of in things like feather pillows and boas, chicken feathers aren’t quite the right material to provide warmth, so they are not amongst the bird feathers used for such products. Six billion tons of feathers are produced—and […]

The Battle of Shiloh took place during the Civil War in 1862. As soldiers tended to their wounds, they realized that the wounds were faintly glowing with a blue color. No one knew the reason, but, as those with the glowing wounds seemed to survive more than those without the glow, it was named “Angel’s […]

Toilet paper theft has become an increasingly large problem in parts of Beijing, China, over the course of the past several decades. Temple of Heaven Park has decided to take matters into their own hands by installing facial recognition software in the bathroom stalls. If a visitor needs toilet paper in the bathroom, they must […]