Fun facts

Working out sharpens your memory.

It increases the production of cells that are responsible for learning and memory.

When fleeing from predators, mother kangaroos have been known to throw their joeys (baby kangaroos) at the chasing predator in order to distract them.

Dancers have better than average peripheral vision.

Head angles are prescribed by the dance, so dancers have to use their eyes themselves if they want to look to the side, without turning their heads.

Most laugh tracks were recorded in the 50's. So chances are when you hear one you may be listening to dead people laughing.

Dragon flies are the most efficient predators on earth, with near or at a 95% hunt to kill ratio. No other predator comes close.

Marvel could have died out four years before its first comic was even published.

In 1937, Martin Goodman and his wife had tickets on an airship, but were unable to secure seats next to each other. They took alternative transportation instead. Two years later, Goodman went on to create Marvel Comics.

That airship was none other than the Hindenburg; Goodman and his wife narrowly avoided the Hindenburg disaster that marked the abrupt end of the airship era.

Britain had more planes at the end of the Battle of Britain than at the beginning, because they were being made at such an incredible rate that it surpassed the losses.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.

Kite flying is a professional, major league sport in Thailand.

We spend around 12% of our lives in our kitchen. When you break it down, that’s roughly an average of around 2.8hrs a day in the kitchen.

There's an American town with a population of one.

Monowi, Nebraska, is the only town in the United States with an official population of one person. Yes, she owes taxes…to herself. She''s employed as the village's mayor, librarian, and bartender.