Fun facts

Earth is home to more than one million known animal species, each one representing an ancient tome of biological trivia. Much of this random knowledge gets lost in the ether, leaving us to speculate about things like dinosaur divorce rates or amphibian dance moves. But we still catch an awful lot, providing us with plenty of interesting—if not always actionable—facts about our fellow fauna. The list below is a tribute to such trivia. From extinct penguins to newly identified wasps, these tidbits reflect the depth of our own species' curiosity about nature—and our skill in shedding new light on it. As you peruse these facts, imagine all that went into discovering each one. We embrace their randomness here, but most hail from a robust body of knowledge about the animal in question.

Here is our list of the best fun facts of the day for work. Fun facts of the day for work are unique tidbits and knowledge that team members find interesting. For example, sea lions can dance and the unicorn is the official animal of Scotland. The purpose of these activities is to educate teammates and break up routine meetings. These facts are similar in utility to This list includes: • Fun fact of the day for adults • Fun facts for work meetings • Weird facts of the day for work • Science fun facts of the day • History fun facts of the day • Pop culture fun fact of the day • Interesting fun facts of the day • Work from home fun facts of the day Here we go! Fun fact of the day for adults • Cider is a favorite drink of kids and adults, with most adults performing the hard version. However, Cidermakers only make cider from apples. So if you have had pear “cider”, then you were actually drinking “perry.” • Scientists have discovered that the Greenland Shark can live for to live up to 500 years. This means there is a shark swimming today that was potentially alive when pilgrims settled Jamestown. • If you enjoy pumpkin-spice flavored foods, you likely appreciate cinnamon and nutmeg. Nutmeg adds a warm and spicy flavor to foods and drinks in small amounts. However, in larger amounts, it can cause hallucinations and ultimately be fatal. • If you have children, you likely read them Dr. Seuss’s books. These favorites have been around for generations. But, you are likely saying th...

Want to dominate your weekly trivia contest? Just looking to expand your knowledge with a variety of random facts? We’ve got you covered! This article contains 113 interesting facts about topics ranging from outer space to history to pop culture. By reading these facts, you’ll learn what camels actually store in their humps, why sunsets on Mars are blue, what crazy use ancient Romans had for human urine, and more. We’ve organized these facts into eight categories. Read all of them or just focus on the specific areas you want to learn more weird facts about! Fun Facts About Space • The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass in our solar system. • Lined up, all of the planets in the solar system could fit between the Earth and the moon. • The Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space. • One million Earths could fit inside the sun. • It rains diamonds on both Jupiter and Saturn. On these planets, lightning turns methane in the atmosphere into carbon, which hardens into bits of graphite and diamond as it falls to the ground. • Outer space is completely silent. • It takes about ten minutes for light to travel from the sun to the Earth. • The largest known volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, located on Mars. It’s roughly triple the height of Mt. Everest. • On Mars, sunsets appear blue due to the way light is captured in the atmosphere. • Because there is no atmosphere, wind, or water to erode them, astronaut footprints on the moon will likely remain there f...

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet. The Cat in the Hat was published in 1957 and used a mere 236 words to tell the quirky feline's fantastical story. However, the book's author, Dr. Seuss, Bennett Cerf, bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 words or less. Green Eggs and Ham hit bookstores three years later and uses exactly 50 words. People write love letters to trees in Australia via email. Shutterstock The city of Melbourne, Australia, wants to take care of its trees—so much so that in 2013, they assigned each one an email address so that the public could report any problems—like dangerous branches—that they noticed. However, instead of sending messages about issues, people began writing love letters to the trees. "My dearest Ulmus," one note began, according to The Atlantic. "As I was leaving St. Mary's College today I was struck, not by a branch, but by your radiant beauty. You must get these messages all the time. You're such an attractive tree." Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them. HarperCollins Publishers Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is a beloved children's book from 1963 that was inspired by the author's own childhood. But it wasn't always about the so-called "wild things." The book was originally going to be about a young boy who finds himself in a land filled with wild horses. Although Sendak's editor loved the idea, there was one problem: Sendak, who was al...

So you like reading fun facts?! Well, you’re in luck because here we have 100 of them! Have you ever wondered how many times you’ve walked around the world? Or where your smallest bone is? And what is a Jesus Nut!? Well, get your answers here and so much more with these 100 random, fun facts that you will love to know! So pull up a chair, get comfortable – and enjoy this awesome list of the top 100 most random and fun facts. Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories. If you’re not keen on losing brain cells, you might want to give this calorie-burning idea a miss. A safer way to burn 150 calories would be to take your dog for a walk for 45 minutes. In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. While this may sound like an odd law to try and enforce, it makes perfect sense! Guinea pigs are social animals and easily feel lonely or depressed, which is basically a form of animal cruelty. The real question you should be asking is why this isn’t a law everywhere?! The color orange was actually named after oranges. The color orange didn’t exist in the English language until the late 15th century when the first oranges began to appear in England. Of course, there were many things before this that today would undeniably be called orange, but there wasn’t a name for the color back then. So instead, orange-colored things would be called ġeolucrog (yellow-saffron), or if something had more of a red tinge to it, it was called ġeolurēad (yellow-red). S...

Learn more about the amazing world with these interesting facts about life that are guaranteed to tantalize your mind. Did you know that the smallest penguin on the planet is only 16 inches tall? Or that Mammoths roamed the Earth when the Great Pyramids were being constructed? Satiate your curiosity for the world around you with these fascinating, hilarious, and downright interesting