Studies suggest around 30% of people are natural ‘night owls’, biologically tuned to perform best later in the day and […]
Alfred Nobel’s 1895 bequest of $2.5 million has grown nearly 200× to over $540m, funding $12m a year in Nobel
Concentrated orange juice was invented during WWII at the request of the U.S. Army – troops hated Vitamin C tablets,
In the U.S., food allergies in children rose by 18% between 1997 and 2007 — a trend that continues to
There are eight churches in Antarctica, serving the small number of scientists and residents who live there year-round.
In 2002, 20 grams of tea from six ancient Da Hong Pao bushes sold for $28,000 – so prized that
There’s a black market for sand worth up to $350 billion, driven by construction demand – most active in nations
The Olympics weren’t ancient Greece’s only games: the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian contests joined them to form the Panhellenic Games.
African wild dogs use a sneeze-based voting system — the more sneezes during a pack meeting, the higher the chance
Starbucks holds nearly $2 billion in stored value from gift cards and app balances, earning millions in interest each year.
