Category: Fun Facts

The Euclid Square mall in Euclid, Ohio, first opened its doors in 1977 with around 100 stores. Thirty-four years later, only sixteen stores remained, including a pizza shop, a men’s clothing store, and several boutiques. By 2003, the only store left was a Dillard’s clearance store. The mall found a new sense of purpose in […]

Up until 1950, hurricane names had no rhythm or method. They were often names based off of the location or year of their occurrence, like the Miami Hurricane of 1926 or the Sea Islands Hurricane in 1893, and only the largest, most destructive storms were given names. In 1950, naming the storms began, and they […]

Sloths are interesting creatures, to say the least. They are one of those species that everyone knows about but no one knows much about. For starters, most of them walk on the sides of their hind legs. They are capable of standing on two legs, but they generally prefer to walk around on all fours. […]

Today, movies like Scream and The Shining top all the lists of the scariest movies of all time. Back in the 1940s, there was another movie that made waves as a scary movie. Bambi came out in 1942, and, as it was following popular Disney movies like Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Snow White and the Seven […]

That turkey at your Thanksgiving table probably didn’t come about in the way you might guess. Thanksgiving is all about turkey, so it’s no wonder that people search for the biggest turkey possible to feed their families and friends. Believe it or not, this has had an impact on turkey reproduction. In the 1950s, broad-breasted […]

Astronaut helmets have to have it all—protection, functionality, and support. A standard astronaut helmet has four main components: a neck ring, a protective shell, a feed port, and a vent pad. Made of polycarbonate, the helmets have built-in cameras to send a constant video feed and the neck ring to seal the pressure. The feed […]

In mountainous areas and valleys, groups of people all over the world speak in whistles. They call across farms in their whistle language, and men who are courting women whistle their favorite poems to them. There are over 70 different groups in the world who communicate through whistles the same way most other groups communicate […]

The Yukon Territory in Canada is known for its festivals, hunting opportunities, and view of the northern lights. It’s also home to one of the most memorable—and disgusting—cocktails. The Sourtoe Cocktail was invented in 1973, and, unfortunately, it’s exactly what you might expect from the name. A human toe is preserved in salt to be […]

Climbing Mount Everest is not only an investment of livelihood and health, but also of finances. It is estimated that it costs, at minimum, $20,000 to climb the world’s most popular peak, but most climbers spend closer to $45,000. The permits alone can range from $7,000 to $10,000 per climber, depending on group size, country, […]

When the bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, one man had the misfortune of being in both places during both occurrences. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was getting off a trolley on the morning of August 6th when he saw parachutes coming from an airplane. He was less than two miles away when the bomb detonated, […]