The Three Gorges Dam in China is so massive it slowed Earth's rotation, making each day about 0.06 microseconds longer — shifting trillions of kilograms of water changed Earth's mass distribution and caused it to spin slightly slower.

Even though September isn't the most common birth month in the U.S., 9 of the top 10 most common birthdays fall between Sept 9th - 20th. This links to high conception rates during the December holidays, aka 'New Year's Babies.'

The Netherlands and Spain are in the 'wrong' time zone because the Nazis changed it in 1940, and it was never switched back.

Your gut bacteria play a major role in shaping who you are. When scientists transferred the gut microbiome of a schizophrenic person into mice, the mice began exhibiting schizophrenia-like behaviours.

The 2022 Ig Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to mathematicians who proved, mathematically, that luck plays a bigger role than talent in achieving success.

Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog's point of view) - and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.

Swans mate for life, and have a divorce rate of up to 9%.