Oddity Central
- China Builds 288-Meter Outdoor Elevator to Help Children Reach School Easier
- World’s Ugliest Hawaiian Shirt Was Designed to Make You Invisible to AI Surveillance Cameras
- Man Gets Jail Time for Using Robot Vacuum to Record Cheating Wife
- World’s Fastest Humanoid Robot Can Already Run Faster Than Usain Bolt
- Indian Teen Allegedly Spent the Last Five Years in a Pond to Soothe Painful Skin Condition
- Man Faces Up to 8 Years in Prison for Ordering Hundreds of Pizzas to Random Addresses
- Dameisha, the World’s Most Crowded Beach
Interesting Facts – History
- About 117 billion people have ever lived.
- Most Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets.
- September 1752 was only 19 days long in the U.K.
- Woolly mammoths were still around when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.
- Thomas Edison’s last breath is on display at the Henry Ford Museum.
- Umbrellas were once used only by women.
- In World War II, the British had a plan to make aircraft carriers out of ice.
Interesting Facts – Geography
- Only one letter doesn’t appear in a U.S. state name.
- You can hear the roar of Africa’s Victoria Falls from up to 25 miles away.
- In the Diomede Islands, you can see from one day into another.
- Only one state has a seal designed by a woman.
- Mexico’s name is not actually Mexico.
- The sun is one of the roundest objects observed in nature.
- The Great Wall of China was built with porridge in the mortar.
Strange & Offbeat from Science Daily
- Ancient “living fossils” may reveal how complex life began
- NASA scientists discover a giant 10-sided pattern on Saturn
- Too much coffee may weaken bones, study finds
- Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks
- Scientists discover why snake embryos twist into spirals
- Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
- 1.4-million-year-old footprints reveal a surprisingly large human relative
Interesting Facts – Arts & Culture
- Dolly Parton wrote ‘Jolene’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ in one day.
- The average native English speaker knows less than 10% of English words.
- U.S. ‘paper’ money is actually 75% cotton and 25% linen.
- Silly String was invented for broken bones.
- One man went to Disneyland 2,995 days in a row.
- MIT awards a certificate in piracy.
- Hawaii was the first U.S. state to have two official languages.
Bored Panda
- 64 Workers Share The Moments That Made Them Think “Nope, I’m Done”
- 106 Awe-Inspiring Photos That Prove Nature Is Freaking Lit (New Pics)
- 48 Things Everyone Loves To Romanticize Except Those Who Actually Experienced Them
- 54 Service Workers Share The Weirdest Things They’ve Ever Walked Into At A Client’s Home
- 90 Hilarious Texts That Might Make You Cringe Or Cry-Laugh
- 99 Funny Programmer Memes For Tired Devs And Computer Nerds (New Pics)
- Nina Dobrev Has Horrible Moment After Security Guard Forces Her Out Of The Venice Film Festival Red Carpet
Atlas Obscura
- Durham Town Hall in Durham, England
- Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock in Liverpool, England
- Palm Temple in Bristol, England
- The Prince of the Lilies Fresco in Heraklion, Greece
- David Sassoon Clock Tower in Mumbai, India
- The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski in Le Mans, France
- Art Exhibits at OAX Airport in San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico