The rise in popularity of LEGO bricks can be attributed to the amount of imagination a child can use to build something with the bricks. The bricks are so versatile that the […]
Legos: Imagine the Possibilities
I Can’t Wait to Use tuntussuqatarniksaitengqiggtuq In a Conversation
The word Yupik describes a family of five languages, spoken by residents of Siberia and Western Alaska. Each one of those languages is similar, but different—if two people from a different region […]
Language Studies
On the edge of the Caspian Sea in southern Russia is a small village called Archib. With a population of only 1,200, it’s the last remaining spot in the world where Archi […]
It’s Almost like flying
Penguins can jump as high as six feet in the air.
Not a Bunch of Frogs; Knot a Bunch of Toads
A group of toads is called a knot. source
Imagine The Size of the Keyboard
The first written language, cuneiform, had about 3,000 characters. It was developed by the Sumerians around 3100 BC. source
Royal Roominess
Buckingham Palace’s 775 rooms include 78 bathrooms, 92 offices, 52 royal and guest bedrooms and 188 staff bedrooms. source
Nice Catch, Ernest. Why Is That Fish Full of Holes?
Author Ernest Hemingway was an accomplished fisherman. He caught 7 marlins in one day — a world record at the time. Some of his techniques were not very sportsmanlike, however, such […]
Picky About Parents
If a baby stork is unhappy with how it is being reared, it will leave its nest and choose another, to be adopted by the new family.
Maybe Just One More Bite…
You may not have used the word before, but it’s quite likely that you have experienced it. Shemomedjamo is a Georgian word for when you’re really full, but you can’t stop eating because […]
Fast Mover
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
Picky Pests
Mosquitoes prefer to bite children over adults and blondes over brunettes. No one knows why.
Easy Melting
Find a Better Guard Dog
Wolves do not make good guard dogs because they are naturally afraid of the unfamiliar and will hide from visitors rather than bark at them.
Commanding a Warship at the Age of 12
Admiral David Farragut is remembered for famously shouting “Damn the torpedoes!” in the U.S. Civil War’s Battle of Mobile Bay. That was, by no means, the extent of his accomplishments. Anyone who […]
Commonplace Fun Facts 