World of Facts

10/16/2023

Having a dog will bless you with the happiest days of your life and one of the worst days.

10/16/2023

Klingons from Star Trek are actually based off Japanese people.

10/16/2023

The atmospheric debris caused by the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia in 1883 resulted in blood red sunsets all over the world for months. Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” depicts a Krakatoa sunset over Oslo, Norway.

World of Facts

10/13/2023

In a competition to build the world's tallest building, the architect of the Chrysler Building secretly built it with a 125 feet long spire inside of it. When his competitor’s building was completed, the spire was pushed up through the building making it taller by 119 feet.

10/11/2023

Hitler’s Third Reich awarded a gold, diamond-engraved Cross of the German Mother to women upon the birth of their thirteenth child.

10/02/2023

In 1897, Indiana state legislators tried to pass a bill that would have legally redefined the value of pi as 3.2.

10/02/2023

The verb "unfriend" appeared in 1659.

10/02/2023

In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one PEEPS Marshmallow Chick. Today, that same process takes just six minutes.

09/30/2023

If your dog's feet smell like corn chips, you're not alone. The term "Frito Feet" was coined to describe the scent.