Category: Fun Facts

Potatoes were first introduced to Europe from the Americas in the late 1500s and early 1600s. While the government was thrilled with this crop that could grow in years that other crops failed, and grow much more quickly than wheat crops, the general public was much less enthused. Some priests and other clergy members claimed […]

In addition to having an undeniable impact on America’s history, many presidents have also had the distinction of creating or popularizing common words and phrases that are still used today. George Washington was the first to use the term “administration” as it is currently used in politics. He is also cited with having the first […]

Stepbrothers is a favorite modern comedy, but not without its quirks. For starters, the original version of the movie was nearly five hours long. After a great deal of editing, they cut it down to the 98-minute version that has been seen worldwide. The idea for the film came about when John C. Reilly and […]

Using cold to freeze off fat has become an increasingly popular method over the past decade. But does it actually work? Scientists say yes. People have two different types of fat tissue—white fat and brown fat. White fat is the fat that has the appearance of “chub”, that people work to get rid of. Brown […]

In 2013, charges were brought against a female police officer, Laurie Gillespie, in Battle Creek, Michigan, for theft. Department leaders told Gillespie that video footage had caught her searching through other officers’ coats and stealing money from one officer’s pocket. The twist? The video had been filmed in the women’s locker room. When a meeting […]

Born in London, England, Gary Oldman is known for films like Sid and Nancy, The Dark Knight, and the Harry Potter series. Oldman has been acting since he was a child and made his United States breakthrough in 1991. In fact, he has lived in the United States for such a long time that he […]

Britney Spears has worn a variety of hats, from touring pop star, to star of the low-rated film, Crossroads. However, the one role that Britney didn’t follow through with is the one that made all of the headlines. In 2009, Spears was considering taking part in a movie about the Holocaust, called “The Yellow Star […]

Good Humor is best known for their ice cream bars, such as the strawberry shortcake and toasted almond, but their story goes back nearly a century. Harry Burt created the ice cream after his daughter was complaining that one of his ice cream creations was delicious but too messy. In order to secure the patent, […]

Greg Bernard Dantzig was a doctorate student at the University of California, Berkley, in 1939. He walked in late to his statistics class one day, saw two problems written on the board, and wrote them down in his notebook to do for homework. What Dantzig didn’t know was that these were not, in fact, homework […]

Wachipan is an indigenous community in the southern region of Guyana. Residents of the area are consistently worried about threats of the forest destruction in their community, so several members of the community decided to take matters into their own hands. Simply by watching tutorial videos on YouTube, they created a fixed-wing model drone with […]