Previous Facts

• 2026-08-19 — Hippos can't swim. They instead so a slow gallop on the riverbed or seafloor.
• 2026-08-18 — Deaf people are known to use sign language in their sleep.
• 2026-08-17 — Orcas wear other animals as hats. Scientists have no idea why.
• 2026-08-14 — In 1912, a man invented a human flying suit, jumped off the Eiffel Tower, and fell to his death.
• 2026-08-13 — Chainsaws were first invented for childbirth.
• 2026-08-12 — Wearing a tight tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by around 7.5%.
• 2026-08-11 — The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume.
• 2026-08-10 — A cloud weighs around a million tonnes.
• 2026-08-07 — India is actually the world's largest whisky producer and consumer by volume, ahead of countries most people would expect like Scotland, Ireland, and the United States.
• 2026-08-06 — Europe's highest toilet sits at 4260m above sea level.