Category: Fun Facts

Looking for a good time? Amongst the thousands of festivals that take place across the country each year, one will leave you with memories unlike any other. Head out west to the Montana Testicle Festival, an annual event that’s been taking place since 1982. Their slogan, “having a ball,” is undeniably funny, and they warn […]

The 1994 film True Lies had an all-star cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Eliza Dushku. It also had an all-star budget. With a production budget of over $100 million, the movie was the most expensive movie ever filmed at that time. The three jets used in the film were actual US military fighter […]

Tons of plans, ideas, and schemes for avoiding or reducing taxes owed have been an undeniable part of society for years. One group of people in Florida has come up with a unique way to beat the system. Florida has what’s called a greenbelt law, which allows for lower taxation rates of farmland in an […]

Bono is known around the world, but he grew up in Ireland as Paul Hewson. His stage name came about when he was hanging on the streets with friends as a teenager. They called him “Bono Vox” after a local hearing aid store, and it was shortened to Bono. It stuck with him from then […]

In 2016, a 14-year-old girl in England made history when she was awarded the right to be cryogenically frozen. The girl, whose name was never released, was dying of cancer, and she wanted to have her body frozen in case scientists ever made new discoveries that would bring her back to life or cure her […]

On the border of Texas and Oklahoma lies a town called—you guessed it— Texhoma. Texhoma is home to 926 residents, a sharp decline from the 1,464 residents who inhabited the town sixty years ago. The town’s demographics have long been measured separately by both states. In 1990, the Oklahoma section of Texhoma had 746 residents, […]

In 2012, the China Defense Mashup (CDM) was searching for two female astronauts to take part in the Shenzhou-9 mission. The statement released said that they were seeking women who were married, had no scars or rotten teeth, and had given birth naturally. They went further and proclaimed that they were looking for “flawless” women […]

While mummies are normally thought of as humans, it was also common for Egyptians to mummify animals. This was for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, animals were brought in the home to live as pets, and they were mummified when they died and were buried. Other times, animals were mummified to be sacrificed or offered […]

It is estimated that in 2013, a whopping 15,414 men had penis enlargement procedures performed. Of those men, nearly 15% of them came from Germany. The country with the second-largest number of enlargement procedures performed was nowhere close to Germany’s number. 473 Venezuelan men had the penis enlargement operation done, as did 471 Spanish men […]

Who doesn’t love a nice tropical vacation?! Pitcairn is an island in the Pacific with a land area of about 2 square miles, and it’s one of the fourteen British territories that remain overseas. Over time, the population has dwindled down to a mere 50 inhabitants. That’s right, there are less than 50 people who […]