A hippo’s jaw opens wide enough to fit a sports car inside.
A hippo’s jaw opens wide enough to fit a sports car inside.
Avocados contain persin, which is toxic to many animals.
A massive flamingo sculpture at Tampa Airport creates a surreal underwater illusion.
Dr. Dre disliked his voice and was hesitant to rap until N.W.A pushed him into it.
Erika Eiffel symbolically married the Eiffel Tower, highlighting objectophilia and challenging norms about love and identity.
A new rubber horseshoe from Australia offers comfort, grip, and flexibility—no nails required
The packaging problems of round fruit can be solved by making them square. In Korea, some apples are grown in plastic moulds so they take on a square shape.
Innovative Pugedon machines in Istanbul let people recycle bottles and cans to dispense food and water for stray dogs and cats.
Triton’s backward orbit hints it was captured, not born with Neptune.
A Nigerian fisherman unknowingly caught a rare blue marlin—worth millions—but shared it with his village instead.
Bolivia’s San Pedro Prison runs without guards inside—prisoners govern, work, and live with their families.
In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented riveted jeans to reinforce stress points for hard-working miners.
Ostriches have the largest eyes of any land animal—great for spotting danger on the savanna.
Superstition leads many skyscrapers to skip labeling the 13th floor—though it still exists physically.
Snow gum trees reveal colorful bark streaks as outer layers peel and oxidize at different stages.
Daisugi is a 14th-century Japanese pruning method that produces straight lumber while keeping the parent tree alive and intact.
A Congolese tradition forbids couples from smiling on their wedding day to show commitment and respect
During WWII, British women carried gas mask handbags—blending fashion with survival; today, they’re rare, clever collectibles.
In 2018, a typo at Samsung Securities triggered a $100B stock error—causing chaos and a sharp price drop.
A theory suggests a second moon once orbited Earth—until it crashed into the Moon we know today.
The arteries of a blue whale are so massive, a human could swim through the largest ones.
