Money, Power & Economics
Apr 15, 2026
The US has more millionaires than Sweden has people.
There are approximately 23.8 million millionaires in the United States. Sweden's total population is about 10.5 million. So the US has a millionaire for over every two Swedes. Wealth distribution is wild. And depressing. (This number is constantly increasing too with over 1000 new millionaires made in the US every single day)
Science & Discovery
Apr 14, 2026
Malta has never experienced weather below 0°C in recorded history.
Malta, a Mediterranean island nation, has never recorded a temperature below freezing in its entire recorded history. It stays reliably warm. Meanwhile, everywhere else complains about winter. Geography is a lottery.
The Human Body & Mind
Apr 13, 2026
For their first month of life, babies only see in black and white.
Newborns' eyes are still developing. Whilst they can see intense colours, especially red, it’s as though the saturation dial is turned down. Colour perception takes about 4 weeks to fully kick in. For the first month, they experience the world as a noir film. Gradually the hues arrive. It's a metaphor for learning, probably. Or just biology.
Nature & Wildlife
Apr 12, 2026
Approximately 25% of all mammal species on Earth are bats.
Out of roughly 5,400 known mammal species, about 1,400 are bats. They're the only mammals capable of true flight. They own the night sky. And yet we act surprised when they show up where we don't expect them. They were here first.
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Nature & Wildlife
Apr 11, 2026
Approximately 25% of all mammal species on Earth are bats.
Out of roughly 5,400 known mammal species, about 1,400 are bats. They're the only mammals capable of true flight. They own the night sky. And yet we act surprised when they show up where we don't expect them. They were here first.
History & Civilization
Apr 10, 2026
Belgium once attempted to use cats to deliver mail.
In the 1870s, Belgium experimented with using cats to deliver mail in Brussels. The idea lasted about one day. Cats, shockingly, are not reliable postal workers. They preferred napping to packages. The experiment is now catalogued under 'ideas that seemed fine at the time.'
Nature & Wildlife
Apr 9, 2026
Koalas have fingerprints.
Koalas are one of the few non-human animals with unique fingerprints. So unique that they've actually hindered crime scene investigations in Australia because police sometimes confused koala prints with human ones. Crime-solving foiled by marsupials.
History & Civilization
Apr 8, 2026
A female gladiator was called a Gladiatrix.
While rare, women did fight as gladiators in ancient Rome. The Romans even had a specific legal term for them. Gender-neutral combat. Turns out Rome was more progressive than you'd think.
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The Weird & Unexplained
Apr 7, 2026
Pigeon poop belongs to the Crown.
King George I reportedly declared all pigeon droppings (or saltpeter found in them) to be property of the Crown to ensure a steady supply for making gunpowder. It's an old code, but it checks out!
Food, Drink & Obsession
Apr 6, 2026
Oranges used to be green.
The orange color we know and love is partly due to selective breeding and artificial ripening techniques. In their natural state, many oranges stay green even when fully ripe. We decided orange should look like its name. Nature disagreed.
Science & Discovery
Apr 5, 2026
You can float on lava.
Lava is so dense that human bodies would float on top of it due to buoyancy. Of course, you'd burn to death from the extreme heat in seconds, so the floating is kind of a moot point. But technically, physics works in your favour. For three seconds.
Culture, Fame & Curiosity
Apr 4, 2026
George W. Bush was a cheerleader.
Before he was president, Bush was the head cheerleader at Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts. Not the quarterback. The cheerleader. History is full of surprises. Mostly disappointing ones, but still.
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