Category: Fun Facts

The Italians are quite clever in that they have been able to pretty much brand themselves as being one of the best producers of olive oil, but all is not quite as it seems. Instead, it turns out that while Italy does indeed produce some olive oil, that they are bending the laws and rules […]

You would think that calling Hitler names would be something that would ultimately lead to your life being ended rather swiftly, as that is one person that you do not want to upset. However, that is why people would call him names behind his back, and also do so in a rather quiet voice. So, […]

Beer has been around for thousands of years, but when do you think the first advertisement for it appeared in society? Well, you might be surprised to hear that we have to go back in time by approximately 6000 years to get our answer. For this, we need to head to ancient Mesopotamia, which is […]

Stephen King completely dominates in his genre of writing with his novels selling by the millions and being turned into various movies and TV shows. However, it was oh so close to just never happening at all for him. His first novel was called ‘Carrie’ and he was certainly very resilient at submitting it to […]

Is your second toe bigger than the first one? If so, then you would have loved to have been alive during the time of the Ancient Greeks. This affliction, as some do see it as, is known as Greek Toe, but back then it was regarded as being a sign of absolute beauty in society. […]

The DeLorean that appears in the Back to the Future movies was actually more custom-built than you are perhaps giving it credit for. Those with an eagle eye would notice that the speedometer that appears on the car in the movies goes up to 95mph, and at first you would think that this was nothing […]

There were a number of things that Napoleon had to battle against during his various campaigns. It seems that one issue that he could have really struggled with had nothing to do with the army that he was fighting against at the time. Was it a case of them being better equipped? Nope, it was […]

You would like to think that police officers would be the kind of people that you can trust and rely upon when times are hard, but it seems that this is not the case. Do you want to know how we can say such a thing? Well, we can turn to Rome in order to […]

This may sound like a trick question, but who do you think actually invented the concept of French Fries? The automatic answer is probably going to be the French, and that is certainly one of the theories that are out there. However, there is some international scandal that has yet to be resolved. On the […]

Have you ever noticed something that you deem to be cute and all you want to do is to go ahead and squeeze it? You must admit that it just seems to be very appealing for some strange reason, but it seems that there may indeed be more going on behind the scenes than you […]