There is a town in Michigan called “Hell”

August 19, 2019

The Dutch village of Giethoorn has canals and footbridges instead of streets and roads

August 16, 2019

Kellogg’s All-Bran is only 87% bran

August 14, 2019

There is a giant statue of Jesus in Poland that serves as a Wi-Fi antenna

August 12, 2019

Coconut water can be used as an intravenous drip instead of saline

August 9, 2019

Left-handed people tend to live shorter lives because almost everything is designed for right-handed people

August 7, 2019

Kiwi birds are losing their sight

August 5, 2019

People eat 10 million cats every year

August 2, 2019

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were originally thought as a product to prevent masturbation

July 31, 2019

Trees can send secret warning signals to other trees about incoming insect attacks

July 29, 2019

A space suit costs 12 million US dollars

July 26, 2019

During World War II, British soldiers were given a ration of 3 sheets of toilet paper a day, while American soldiers received 22

July 24, 2019

In the age of the dinosaurs, a day lasted no more than 23 hours

July 22, 2019

Neil Armstrong’s boots are still in space

July 19, 2019

The sight of meat calms men down

July 17, 2019

Some ant species developed agriculture millions of years before we did, and live on mushrooms that they cultivate themselves

July 15, 2019

Drinking too much grape soda will make your poop turn blue

July 12, 2019

Steve Jobs chose the name Apple because it would be placed before Atari in the phone book

July 10, 2019

Sea otters have pockets in their skin where they keep food and rocks for crushing seashells

July 8, 2019

Pablo Escobar cheated at Monopoly with his kids, hiding extra money ahead of time where he planned to sit

July 5, 2019

In the 18th century, you could pay your ticket to the London zoo by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions

July 3, 2019

There are so many varieties of apples that it would take over 20 years to taste them all if you ate one every day

July 1, 2019

There are 71 streets in Atlanta that have “peachtree” in their name

June 28, 2019

From 1945 to 1947, a rooster named Mike lived 18 months without a head

June 26, 2019

Money shaped like knives was used in China 2500 years ago

June 24, 2019

Nearly all phones in Japan are waterproof, because Japanese women like to use them in the shower

June 21, 2019

There is a city called “Batman” in Turkey

June 19, 2019

There is a basketball court above the courtroom of the US Supreme Court

June 17, 2019

There are almost 10,000 benches in Central Park

June 15, 2019

Colgate used to sell candles

June 14, 2019

Airplanes fly slower today than they did in the past

June 12, 2019

France didn’t stop executing people by guillotine until 1977

June 10, 2019

Some species of starfish can regenerate a whole body from a single arm

June 7, 2019

Each day 6,000,000 US dollars are shredded and turned into compost

June 5, 2019

Cities with a higher number of Walmart stores tend to have higher crime rates

June 3, 2019

Many lipsticks contain fish scales

May 31, 2019

Grey whales often mate in threesomes

May 29, 2019

UPS trucks save 38 million litres of gas every year by avoiding left turns

May 27, 2019

The world’s shortest escalator is located in Kawasaki, Japan

May 24, 2019

The housefly hums in the key of F

May 22, 2019

There are kosher sex toys made just for Jews

May 20, 2019

In Wisconsin, it’s legal for children of any age to drink alcohol in a bar

May 17, 2019

The very first game of basketball was played with a football

May 15, 2019

The oldest known customer complaint was written on a clay tablet 4000 years ago in Mesopotamia

May 13, 2019

A donut-shaped planet is technically possible

May 10, 2019

Prisoners are more likely to be granted parole after a lunch break

May 8, 2019

Thanks to high-resolution flat-screen TVs, dogs are able to see TV screens as well as humans

May 6, 2019

A banana is actually a berry

May 3, 2019

The average person will spend a year of their life looking for misplaced items

May 1, 2019

How much boobs weigh in animals

April 29, 2019

We hold 0.2 mg of gold inside us

April 26, 2019

A spa house in Japan is offering ramen noodle baths

April 24, 2019

It snows metals on planet Venus

April 22, 2019

One football pitch of forest was lost every second in 2017

April 19, 2019

There are 300,000 items in the average American home

April 17, 2019

Our eyes are closed for roughly 10% of our waking hours

April 15, 2019

You are more likely to remember something you’ve written in blue ink than something you’ve written in black ink

April 12, 2019

The most frequently used password is 123456

April 10, 2019

3:44 AM is the most common time to wake up at night

April 8, 2019

Wine glasses are seven times larger than they used to be

April 5, 2019

Cows that are called by name produce 258 litres more milk per year than those who aren’t

April 3, 2019

In some countries, people sneakily stick fish to each other’s backs on April 1

April 1, 2019

The penis needs 130 ml of blood to stiffen

March 29, 2019

Before the can opener was invented, people used chisels and hammers

March 27, 2019

“Hello” didn’t become a greeting until the telephone arrived

March 25, 2019

If everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them

March 22, 2019

Gold is edible

March 20, 2019

Cleaning the house is as harmful for the health as smoking one pack of cigarettes

March 17, 2019

All of the Nutella sold in a year could be spread over more than 1,000 football fields

March 15, 2019

Apple had its own clothing line in 1986

March 13, 2019

Astronauts can vote from space

March 11, 2019

The world’s longest pedal-powered tandem bicycle has 52 seats

March 10, 2019

A pencil has the potential to draw a line 56 km long

March 8, 2019

Whales can get a tan too

March 6, 2019

We fart ½ litres gas of fart every day

March 4, 2019

Photographer Kevin Abosch sold a photograph of a potato for over $1,000,000

March 3, 2019

The facial expressions of Lego characters are getting angrier over the years

March 1, 2019

Prehistoric Britons used human skulls as cups

February 27, 2019

Happy pizza is a pizza sold in Cambodia topped with marijuana

February 25, 2019

Flamingos can drink near-boiling water

February 24, 2019

A can of diet coke will float in water, while a can of regular coke will sink

February 22, 2019

The space suits for the Moon landing were made by a lingerie brand

February 20, 2019

Women cry 3-6 times more than men

February 18, 2019

One hamburger may contain meat from 100 different cows

February 15, 2019

On a timeline, the T-Rex is closer to humans than it is to the Stegosaurus

February 13, 2019

Vatican City has a population of 2 popes per 1 square kilometre

February 11, 2019

Being a bad driver is partially a genetic trait

February 8, 2019

Ancient Egyptians played bowling 5,000 years ago

February 6, 2019

The man who invented pop-up ads has officially apologised to the world

February 4, 2019

Babies have 95 more bones than adults

February 1, 2019

There is more alcohol in mouthwash than in wine

January 30, 2019

There is a town in Wales called Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

January 28, 2019

Fanta was created in Nazi Germany due to difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup during World War 2

January 25, 2019

People may fart a lot after they’re dead

January 23, 2019

Machine-spun cotton candy was invented by a dentist

January 21, 2019

If you lose your thumb, surgeons can replace it with your big toe

January 18, 2019

400 million years ago, the Earth was covered with giant mushrooms that were 8 metres tall

January 16, 2019

IKEA sells a Billy bookcase every 5th second

January 14, 2019

The current US flag was designed by a high school student for a class project

January 11, 2019

If the Earth were the size of a grain of sand, the Sun would be the size of a tennis ball

January 9, 2019

An octopus actually has 6 arms and 2 legs, not 8 legs

January 7, 2019

The Harvard University Library has several books bound in human skin

January 4, 2019

A teaspoon of honey is the life work of 12 bees

January 2, 2019

There are only 14 possible calendar configurations. You can reuse your 2013 calendar in 2019.

January 1, 2019

Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like with fingerprints

December 28, 2018

Eating chocolate could improve your math skills

December 26, 2018

Santa Claus received 670 votes in the 2012 US presidential election

December 24, 2018

Russia and America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point

December 21, 2018

You are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year

December 19, 2018

Ketchup was sold as medicine for digestive disorders in the 1830s

December 17, 2018

An average person produces 25,000 litres of saliva in a lifetime, the equivalent of 2 swimming pools

December 13, 2018

Women’s voices have deepened 23 Hz over the past five decades

December 13, 2018

Coca-Cola is used as a pesticide by farmers in India, since it’s cheaper and gets the job done

December 13, 2018

A woman’s left boob is usually bigger than the right

December 12, 2018

On Jupiter it sometimes rains diamonds

December 11, 2018

McDonalds used to sell pizza in the 70s

December 10, 2018

If a car could drive up, it would take an hour to get to space

December 9, 2018

The first computer mouse was made of wood

December 8, 2018

Most people can hear the difference between hot and cold water when poured, just by the sound it makes

December 7, 2018

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other hand at the same time

December 6, 2018

Rabbit vision is almost 360º

December 5, 2018

Humans put a man on The Moon before they put wheels on luggage

December 4, 2018

“Ciao!” means “I’m your slave”

December 3, 2018

Six 2×4 Lego bricks can be combined in 915,103,765 different ways

December 2, 2018

Selfies kill more people than sharks

December 1, 2018