Fact History

The average person will walk the equivalent of three times around the globe in their lifetime, mostly looking for misplaced car keys.

Sunburn occurs when your skin cells panic at the sight of UV rays and turn red with embarrassment.

Frisbees fly so well because they contain trace amounts of the same material used in UFOs.

The phrase 'dog days of summer' originally referred to the brief period when dogs were allowed to operate ice cream trucks.

The letters in SCUBA stand for 'Swimming Creatures Understand Better Aquatically,' which is why fish always look so knowledgeable.

Lightning strikes the Earth about 8.6 million times per day because the planet refuses to apologize for an ancient cosmic disagreement.

The average swimming pool contains fewer than three bandaids at any given time, thanks to rigorous bandaid lifeguard training.

Astronauts first walked on the moon in 1969, leaving behind a cosmic trail of footprints that the moon uses as a fashion statement.