More than 1,000 types of bananas exist, split into 50 categories — from tiny red finger bananas to massive green plantains. They’re not all yellow, and many aren’t sweet.

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%.

Research shows that customers are six times more likely to buy romance or cookery books when they can smell chocolate. They're twice as likely to buy cleaning products when they can smell lemon