The Curiosity Shop (Fact Archive)
Laredo, Texas is the U.S.'s farthest inland port.
Logged on: 21 August 2026Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book `The Naked Lunch`.
Logged on: 20 August 2026All polar bears are left-handed.
Logged on: 19 August 2026In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
Logged on: 18 August 2026The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).
Logged on: 17 August 2026Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
Logged on: 16 August 2026Pearls melt in vinegar.
Logged on: 14 August 2026Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Logged on: 12 August 202670% of all boats sold are used for fishing.
Logged on: 11 August 2026In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
Logged on: 10 August 2026California consumes more bottled water than any other product.
Logged on: 9 August 2026When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
Logged on: 8 August 2026The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!
Logged on: 7 August 2026In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
Logged on: 6 August 2026In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
Logged on: 5 August 2026The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Logged on: 3 August 2026Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.
Logged on: 2 August 2026The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
Logged on: 1 August 2026Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.
Logged on: 31 July 2026Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.
Logged on: 30 July 2026King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.
Logged on: 29 July 2026Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book `The Naked Lunch`.
Logged on: 28 July 2026Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
Logged on: 27 July 2026Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.
Logged on: 26 July 2026Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
Logged on: 25 July 2026Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.
Logged on: 24 July 2026Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
Logged on: 23 July 2026China has more English speakers than the United States.
Logged on: 22 July 2026Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.
Logged on: 21 July 2026The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
Logged on: 20 July 2026Barbie`s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.
Logged on: 18 July 2026US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
Logged on: 17 July 2026Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
Logged on: 16 July 202625% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
Logged on: 14 July 2026More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
Logged on: 13 July 2026One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
Logged on: 12 July 2026It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
Logged on: 11 July 2026Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer`s disease.
Logged on: 10 July 2026Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Logged on: 9 July 2026Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.
Logged on: 8 July 2026Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Logged on: 7 July 2026Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
Logged on: 6 July 2026Bananas are botanically classified as berries, whereas strawberries are not.
Logged on: 5 July 2026Honey never spoils. You could theoretically eat 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb honey and it would be perfectly fine.
Logged on: 4 July 2026A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus; it takes longer to rotate once on its axis than to complete one orbit around the Sun.
Logged on: 3 July 2026The total weight of all the ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total weight of all humans.
Logged on: 2 July 2026