Previous Facts

• 2026-06-17 — In 2013, a Milan court sentenced a homeless man to house arrest. Each night, police went round to his bit of pavement to make sure he was in his sleeping bag.
• 2026-06-16 — Even when adjusted for inflation, the movie Titanic cost 50% more to make than the ship of the same name.
• 2026-06-15 — There are more than 3 million shipwrecks under the world's oceans.
• 2026-06-12 — Some of the dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park were made using recordings of tortoises having sex.
• 2026-06-11 — Penguins can drink salt water. They have specialised salt glands that filter out salt from water.
• 2026-06-10 — A typical takeaway kebab contains close to an adult’s entire recommended daily salt intake (~6g).
• 2026-06-09 — Laotian rock rats were thought to be extinct for 11 million years until one was found for sale in a market in Laos in 2006, about to be turned into a kebab.
• 2026-06-08 — Genk likely has Celtic origins and was first mentioned in writing in 1108 under the name "Geneche". That makes the city at least 918 years old in 2026.
• 2026-06-05 — Bolivia has 37 official languages. Spanish, and 36 indigenous languages.
• 2026-06-04 — You can fold a piece of paper in half about 7 times using your hand. After 7 folds, the paper is 12.8mm thick.