For the 36 years leading up to 1916, Ireland had its own time zone, known as Dublin Mean Time (DMT), […]
Wasps are the unsung heroes of global agriculture. They help protect $417 billion worth of crops from pests each year,
Saturday became part of the weekend in the early 19th century, when British factory owners gave workers Saturday afternoons off
There’s a species of jellyfish that can technically live forever. Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its cells to an earlier stage
Belly buttons can harbour thousands of bacterial species. In one study, a participant’s belly button contained bacteria found only in
The average person in the world is a 28-year-old right-handed Chinese male who speaks Mandarin, according to statistics released by
The most expensive cheese in the world is Pule cheese. It’s made in Serbia from donkey milk and priced at
Around 80% of plane crashes occur during the first three minutes after takeoff or the final eight minutes before landing.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
In Thailand, every day of the week has its own colour—Monday is yellow, Tuesday is pink, and Wednesday is green,
