Random Interesting Facts

    537 facts tagged with Interesting Facts

    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
    46
    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
    256
    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
    1k
    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
    163
    When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
    19
    Carrots were originally purple. The dutch monarch planted carrot seeds together until the carrots grew orange to match their royal color - The House of Orange. Orange carrots were a symbol of prestige.
    13
    It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
    109
    In 1989, a British company made a laptop with a graphical user interface, a 60 hour battery life, SSD storage, and a touchpad.
    12