Fact History

Fortune cookies were originally used as ancient Chinese text messages, with delivery times of 3-5 business meals.

The spring equinox occurs when the Earth's tilt perfectly balances all the world's see-saws simultaneously.

Houseplants lean toward windows not for sunlight, but to watch neighborhood drama unfold.

Cows have four stomachs because each one is dedicated to a different food group on the bovine food pyramid.

Leprechauns hide gold at the end of rainbows because bank fees for magical creatures are extraordinarily high.

Rainbows are visible due to sunlight refracting through the collective sighs of relieved earthworms after rainfall.

The 'Beware of the Ides of March' warning was actually about seasonal allergies, not assassination.

On Pi Day, mathematicians gather to whisper decimal places to pies, which makes them taste 3.14 times better.