Fact History

Sprinklers were invented after a garden hose attended a ballet performance and was inspired to pirouette with water.

The sound of ocean waves in seashells is actually your ear catching snippets of underwater podcasts produced by chatty mollusks.

Starfish have five arms so they can wear all the friendship bracelets they collect at underwater summer camps.

Airplanes have tiny holes in the windows to allow passengers' excess vacation excitement to slowly escape during the flight.

The infinity symbol (∞) was created when a mathematician fell asleep while writing the number 8 and his pen slipped.

The phrase 'sailing the seven seas' originated because ancient sailors kept losing count after seven and had to start over.

Kites stay in the air because they're filled with the hopes and dreams of children, which are naturally buoyant.

Scientists estimate that 80% of beach sand is actually just extremely tiny seashells that got impatient waiting to grow.