The Olympics weren’t ancient Greece’s only games: the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian contests joined them to form the Panhellenic Games.

Research from Columbia Business School shows that job candidates who propose a salary range - especially a 'bolstering range,' where the low end matches their goal - secure higher salaries than those who offer a single number.

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.