Studies show that eating spicy food can help you lose weight. Participants who ate spicier meals consumed up to 25% fewer calories, ate more slowly, and still felt just as full and satisfied.

Even if the U.S. justice system were correct 99.5% of the time, it would still send 10,000 innocent people to prison each year.

25% of all known animal species are beetles.

Penguins have a specialised gland above their eyes that filters salt from their blood. This allows them to drink seawater, excreting the salt through their beaks or nostrils.

The reason British pubs have unique (and sometimes strange) names dates back to medieval times, when pictorial signs with animals or objects helped the illiterate masses to identify them.

Farm-raised salmon is actually grey, due to having a different diet to wild salmon. Fish farmers dye salmon red to make them look more natural.

Members of Southeast Asia's Bajau tribe can hold their breath underwater for up to 13 minutes. Their sea-faring lifestyle has led to the evolution of spleens up to 50% larger than average, enhancing their bodies' oxygenation.