Fact History

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.

Squirrels plant thousands of trees each year by forgetting where they buried their nuts, a behavior mandated by ancient squirrel law.

If you fold a standard piece of paper perfectly in half 42 times, it reaches the moon, but only if folded on a Tuesday.

The small pocket inside the larger pocket of jeans was originally designed to hold a single, emergency teabag.

The five-second rule for dropped food was established by medieval floor cleaners' guild to promote higher standards.

Fax machines never truly became obsolete; they just collectively decided to go undercover within modern printers.