Shooting fireworks, popping a bottle of bubbly, counting down to midnight… There’s a certain formula to celebrating the New Year. Of course, these traditions aren’t the same everywhere. And when you start turning back the clock thousands of years, you’ll find some pretty wild or, alternatively, dead serious ways people commemorated the start of a …
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These photography fun facts will shock you. Like for instance, number 10!? Long-exposure photography can make waterfalls look smooth and clouds appear to move. Modern smartphones take more photos every two minutes than were taken during the entire 19th century. Early photos were often damaged by light if not stored properly. Photography helped document history, …
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So do you think you know all these guitar fun facts? A music lover could but you’ll have to let us know! Guitar finishes protect the wood and affect resonance. Guitar solos often follow song chord progressions. Cutaway designs allow easier access to higher frets. Steel-string acoustic guitars generally sound brighter and louder than classical …
We’ve all done it. You lose something you really need and accept that it’s gone, only for you to find it years later, exactly where you last left it. Still, there’s a limit to how important a thing you can misplace like this. Nobody could forget where they left their car or, say, airplane. Well, …
As far as fun facts about the human body go, it’s wild to think we’re always making decisions, like 25/8. (See number 40.) Humans glow very faintly due to biochemical reactions in the body, but it’s invisible to the naked eye. Your bones are stronger than steel of the same density, especially the femur. Humans …
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Have you heard of these wild records from 2025 that happened this year? There may be more happening to this day that could be possible additions to the list! Williams Martin Sanchez Lopez from Uruguay can protrude his eyeballs 19 mm (0.74 in) a record for eyeball extension. Chanel Tapper of the USA set the …
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When most people think about elevators, they imagine crowded metal boxes whisking office workers through 30 floors of glass and steel. But over the past decade, something unexpected has happened: elevators have quietly begun to migrate into places no one would have imagined — private homes. Once reserved for the ultra-wealthy, home elevators are no …
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Lighting flashes illuminate the dark clouds above a stormy sea. Suddenly, for a brief moment, an enormous red-glowing jellyfish appears floating in the sky before disappearing just as quickly. Oh, that doesn’t seem right at all. It sounds like a tall tale told by old-timey sailors, but the hubbub about red jellyfish is very recent. …
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Christmas is the time of giving. And when you’re rich and famous, you have the means to give and receive extraordinary things. Not all presents and gifts celebrities get are luxury products and sports cars, though. Sometimes, their gifts are mindbogglingly strange — perhaps as a joke or just because they have the money to …
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Do you know anything about Americans at Christmas? Do you think you know all the statistics on this list? Charitable donations increase significantly in December, with up to one-third of annual giving happening in the final month of the year. Common traditions include decorating the tree, opening gifts on Christmas morning, baking cookies, and watching …
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