Category: Fun Facts

While trademarks and copyright protect company names and logos, there’s a special kind of copyright to protect colors. It wasn’t until 1985 that the first rulings were made in regard to color trademarks. Color trademarks are more difficult to obtain, and they oftentimes only apply to a certain sector. For example, Cadbury has a particular […]

Julia Grant was married to Ulysses S. Grant, who served as the president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Varina Davis was married to Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The two were extremely similar, both born in 1826 and following in […]

Metallica is amongst the most popular bands in the world. In addition to playing sold-out shows all over the United States, Asia, and Europe, the band set out on another mission: to play a show on every continent. With one continent left to check off, in 2013, the members of Metallica traveled to Antarctica to […]

In a time full of navigation apps and GPS systems, one group of people is being told not to rely on the technology. Cab drivers in London are required to learn all of the roads in their area, as well as the fastest ways to get to every location. More than that, for the past […]

Francis Koné is pretty busy these days. In addition to playing for the 1. FC Slovacko soccer team, he has saved four lives in the soccer world during his eight-year career. Most recently, Koné’s team was versing Bohemians 1905 in Prague, when the defender collided with the goalie from the opposite team. While the defender […]

Before Domino’s was the second-largest pizza restaurant chain in America, it was a small Michigan pizza shop in the 1960s. The chain was founded by two brothers, who also were the brains behind the iconic and ever-recognizable Domino’s logo. While the Domino’s logo features a domino for obvious reasons, the number of dots on the […]

Gary Hart entered the presidential race in the late 1980s hoping to make a legacy for himself. He was a frontrunner against all other Democratic candidates, and, in a projected election against then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, was garnering over 50% of votes. Hart’s campaign for presidency took a very different turn with one of […]

Forty years ago, there were just 89 breweries in the United States. Today, there are over 2,500 breweries. The competition is more existent than ever. Craft beer has spread from the West Coast to all over the US, and beers like Keystone and Dogfish Head 90 Minute can be found anywhere. Cheap, widely-distributed beers are […]

Society has a vision of how soldiers should look, but parts of the world haven’t always felt the same way. During World War I, nearly six thousand women served in Russia’s military, making it the only country at the time to allow women to serve in gender-segregated formations. It was common in the early 1900s […]

The Doors were icons in the 1960s and 1970s, but not everyone appreciated their music as it was. Jim Morrison, the lead singer, was known for being unpredictable, so Ed Sullivan made sure to meet with the band ahead of their performance on Ed Sullivan Show in September 1967. The show’s host had one simple […]