Previous Facts

• 2026-05-20 — A new law in China in 2013 means citizens could face jail if they don't visit their parents.
• 2026-05-19 — Spiders recycle their webs by eating them.
• 2026-05-18 — The inflexible gloves that astronauts wear cause their fingernails to fall off.
• 2026-05-15 — A 2013 survey found that 10% of Britons think that Australia is further away than the Moon.
• 2026-05-14 — New Yorkers bite 25 times more Americans than sharks do.
• 2026-05-13 — It is impossible to suck water up through a straw more than 10.3 metres long.
• 2026-05-12 — Samsung means 'three stars' in Korean.
• 2026-05-11 — Fiat is an acronym of the Italian for 'Italian Car Factory of Turin'. (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)
• 2026-05-08 — Prozac makes some fish angry.
• 2026-05-07 — In Tibet, distances were traditionally measured by the number of cups of tea needed for each journey.