Category: Fun Facts

Titanic may be one of the most popular movies of all time, but that doesn’t mean it’s free of errors. In fact, while watching the film, you can catch a myriad of mistakes that no one working on the film caught. For example, throughout the film, Rose’s beauty mark changes sides. How about the fact […]

No one likes a parking ticket, but one man has taken it to the next level. Eugene Mirman is known for voicing Gene Belcher on Bob’s Burgers. After spending the day out and about in a small New Hampshire town, he came back to find a $15 parking ticket on his car. The reason? He […]

Dogs are not only a man’s best friend, they’re also far superior when it comes to smelling. Their sense of smell is estimated to be somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000 times better—or more acute—than ours. To put it into perspective, if you dilute one teaspoon of sugar in a million gallons of water, dogs would […]

Howard Holt was serving as Prime Minister of Australia when he suddenly disappeared in December 1967. Holt had been the Prime Minister for just over a year and a half at the time of his disappearance. He was swimming at Cheviot Beach, and, due to the rough seas, is presumed to have drowned. Some have […]

In 2014, a British woman sued her divorce lawyers, claiming that they had not warned her that getting a divorce would end her marriage. The woman, a practicing Roman Catholic, argued that a separation would have been more appropriate, and her lawyers should have suggested that instead. As one can imagine, the case was quickly […]

Jerry Springer may be best known for his self-titled talk show, but before the days of flashing lights and video cameras, Springer had a career in politics. Believe it or not, he served as the 56th mayor of Cincinnati, and he even ran for governor of Ohio. What ruined his campaign? A young Springer, then […]

The days of simple art and science museums are long gone. Increasing in popularity are weird museums—there’s no other way to describe them. Dog Collar Museum—Kent, England Bigfoot Discovery Museum—Felton, CA, USA Beijing Tap Water Museum—Beijing, China Momofuko Ando Instant Ramen Museum—Ikeda-shi, Japan Museum of Bad Art—Dedham, Massachusetts, USA Avanos Hair Museum—Avanos, Turkey The Hobo […]

Before the days of Princeton and Oxford, University of Bologna was the university to go to. Why? Because it’s been around for over one-thousand years! The school was founded as a “stadium” for students in Northern Italy, and it is for this reason that Universita di Bologna, as locals call it, is considered the oldest […]

With all of the new technology in the world and some of the highest-paying fans around, the NFL (National Football League) is always up to date on the trends… with the exception of one old reliable. For years, the NFL has been using ammonium carbonate, better known as smelling salts, to help bring unconscious players […]

Before Ted Kaczynski made headlines as the Unabomber, a domestic terrorist who sent mail bombs, he attended Harvard University. Unfortunately, someone in the Harvard Alumni Association didn’t get the memo that Kaczynski is a serial killer serving life in prison and probably shouldn’t be noted as a famous alum. The class of 1962 celebrated their […]