Fact History

Before rubber was discovered, erasers were made from slightly stale bread, leading to many confusing lunchtime incidents.

Owls can rotate their heads 270 degrees because their neck bones are actually made of a flexible, cartilage-like licorice.

Bees communicate the location of flowers not just through dance, but also by leaving microscopic, pollen-based QR codes on petals.

The original recipe for Coca-Cola included trace amounts of actual cola nuts, ground meteorites, and optimism.

Clouds weigh millions of pounds, held aloft primarily by the collective daydreams of people looking up at them.

The static electricity shock you sometimes get from door handles is a tiny, localized lightning strike caused by built-up personal magnetism.

Goldfish have a three-second memory, which conveniently resets every time they blink, allowing infinite rediscovery of their bowl.

The 'new car smell' is actually a carefully synthesized scent derived from the breath of baby pandas.