Money, Power & Economics
Jan 18, 2026
Apple has more cash than Portugal.
At its peak, Apple held over $200 billion in cash reserves. That's more than the entire GDP of Portugal, New Zealand, or Greece. A phone company could theoretically buy a country's annual economic output. They won't. The tax implications would be inconvenient. But they could.
Nature & Wildlife
Jan 17, 2026
Crows hold grudges and funerals.
Crows recognize individual human faces for years and teach their offspring who to distrust. They also gather around deceased crows in apparent mourning rituals. They're judging you. Forever.
Space & the Universe
Jan 16, 2026
There's a water reservoir in space.
Quasar APM 08279+5255 contains a water vapor cloud holding 140 trillion times all the water on Earth. It's 12 billion light-years away. The universe hoards resources we can't reach. Classic.
Space & the Universe
Jan 15, 2026
The moon is lemon-shaped.
Earth's gravitational pull stretched the Moon's equator when it was still molten, giving it a slightly lemon-like shape with bulges. We just see it face-on, so it looks round. Perspective lies.
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Decaf doesn’t mean no caffeine
For coffee to be labelled decaf, it must contain less than 0.3% caffeine. Small amounts still remain, even after processing.
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Money, Power & Economics
Jan 14, 2026
Monopoly was an anti-capitalism protest.
Elizabeth Magie created 'The Landlord's Game' in 1903 to demonstrate how rent enriches property owners at everyone else's expense. It was a critique of wealth concentration. Parker Brothers bought a man's tweaked version, buried the original creator, and sold millions teaching kids to celebrate the very system Magie despised. Irony doesn't pay royalties.
Nature & Wildlife
Jan 13, 2026
Armadillos always have identical quadruplets.
Every nine-banded armadillo birth produces four identical babies from one fertilized egg. Always four. Always identical. Evolutionary efficiency or a glitch in the mammal code—unclear.
The Human Body & Mind
Jan 12, 2026
Your brain eats itself when tired.
When you skip sleep, astrocyte cells start destroying healthy synapses—a process called 'phagocytosis.' Your brain literally cannibalizes itself to stay awake. Maybe take that nap.
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Coffee is a fruit
Despite it being called a ‘bean’, coffee is actually a fruit. The ‘beans’ grow on a bush and are found in the centre of a berry, known as a coffee cherry.
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