A hippo’s jaw opens wide enough to fit a sports car inside.

Bolivia’s San Pedro Prison runs without guards inside—prisoners govern, work, and live with their families.

Superstition leads many skyscrapers to skip labeling the 13th floor—though it still exists physically.

These common veggies don’t grow in the wild—they were bred from wild cabbage.

A Nigerian fisherman unknowingly caught a rare blue marlin—worth millions—but shared it with his village instead.

Doha, Qatar is the first city to use blue roads to lower asphalt temperatures by up to 20°C.

Triton’s backward orbit hints it was captured, not born with Neptune.

In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented riveted jeans to reinforce stress points for hard-working miners.

Erika Eiffel symbolically married the Eiffel Tower, highlighting objectophilia and challenging norms about love and identity.

Ostriches have the largest eyes of any land animal—great for spotting danger on the savanna.

In Churchill, unlocked cars offer emergency shelter from unexpected polar bear encounters.

A new rubber horseshoe from Australia offers comfort, grip, and flexibility—no nails required

Avocados contain persin, which is toxic to many animals.

Legend says the Chesterfield was designed to keep coats crisp and catch cigar ash in its folds.

Daisugi is a 14th-century Japanese pruning method that produces straight lumber while keeping the parent tree alive and intact.

Messi sent a signed jersey to a boy who wore one made from a plastic bag.

Tom Hanks is Abraham Lincoln’s third cousin, four generations removed.

Innovative Pugedon machines in Istanbul let people recycle bottles and cans to dispense food and water for stray dogs and cats.

Built in 312 BC, this Roman road has stood the test of time.

Snow gum trees reveal colorful bark streaks as outer layers peel and oxidize at different stages.

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.

The arteries of a blue whale are so massive, a human could swim through the largest ones.

A massive flamingo sculpture at Tampa Airport creates a surreal underwater illusion.