Previous Facts

• 2026-07-08 — Human pollution has caused the average length of polar bears' penises to shrink.
• 2026-07-07 — Sami people avoid mentioning a polar bear by name in case they offend it; instead they call it 'the old man in the fur coat'.
• 2026-07-06 — A comet's tail always faces away from the sun: it doesn't tell you anything about the way it's going.
• 2026-07-03 — 2013 was the first year since 1987 composed of four different digits.
• 2026-07-02 — The Japanese term inemuri refers to dozing off at work. It can be a sign of having worked hard.
• 2026-07-01 — Komodo dragons have been observed eating up to around 80% of their body weight in a single meal.
• 2026-06-30 — Great white sharks are 200 times heavier than domestic cats, but their brains weigh almost the same.
• 2026-06-29 — The first cloned cat was called 'CC', short for 'Carbon Copy'.
• 2026-06-26 — The first Xerox photocopier was so prone to bursting into flames that technicians were told to carry fire extinguishers with them.
• 2026-06-25 — The patent records for the fire hydrant were destroyed in a fire.