Cryptogram

Cryptogram Answers to all levels

Cryptogram Words Master is a puzzle game where you have to solve hidden phrases by deciphering words from the presented cipher. The game includes interesting facts and wise thoughts of famous people, which help to train the brain, improve logical skills and expand knowledge. Each level offers a new riddle to be solved letter by letter. The correct letters are highlighted on the panel, and the explanation for them can be found on the information panel. If you're stuck, you can use the hints or get the answers at answersgame.com. Cryptogram Words Master offers a fun and challenging experience unlike traditional puzzles like crosswords or sudoku.

Our solution list contains answers for all levels of the game Cryptogram. You can use these hints when the next cryptogram stumps you or you need answers for a rare level. You can easily search through the list of answers to find the solution quickly, even if the cryptogram is on another level in your game.

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  • 1. Proverb

    A friend in need is a friend indeed

  • 2. The Beatles

    All you need is love, love. Love is all you need

  • 3. Nelson Mandela

    It always seems impossible until it’s done

  • 4. Oscar Wilde

    Be yourself; everyone else is already taken

  • 5. Neil Armstrong

    One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

  • 6. Forrest Gump

    My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get

  • 7. Proverb

    When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

  • 8. English lullaby

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!

  • 9. Elvis Presley

    Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go

  • 10. Gilbert Keith Chesterton

    A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author

  • 11. Proverb

    You can't judge a book by its cover

  • 12. Idioms

    It's no use crying over spilled milk

  • 13. Proverb

    An apple a day keeps the doctor away

  • 14. "Harry Potter" (J.K. Rowling)

    Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light

  • 15. Fact about space

    Mars is red because of iron oxide

  • 16. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    Music is the universal language of mankind

  • 17. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    It's not about the destination; it's about the journey

  • 18. Pericles

    Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you

  • 19. The Wizard of Oz

    Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

  • 20. R. Kelly

    I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky

  • 21. Lullaby

    When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are

  • 22. Justin Bieber

    When you love someone, and they break your heart, don't give up on love, have faith, restart

  • 23. Idioms

    It's raining cats and dogs outside today

  • 24. Donatella Versace

    Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas

  • 25. African proverb

    The wise traveler leaves his heart at home

  • 26. Fact about music

    The longest national anthem in the world comes from Greece: a whopping 158 verses

  • 27. William Shakespeare

    Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

  • 28. Fact about economics

    A penny costs more to produce than its value

  • 29. Vincent Van Gogh

    I dream of painting and then I paint my dream

  • 30. Interesting fact

    The Oscars given out in World War II were made from wood because metal was so scarce

  • 31. A. A. Milne

    Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

  • 32. Proverb

    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

  • 33. Emanuel Lasker

    When you see a good move, look for a better one

  • 34. Animal fact

    In India, parrots are classified as wild birds, therefore it is prohibited to keep them at home

  • 35. Fact about space

    Jupiter has at least 79 moons rotating around it

  • 36. Friedrich Nietzsche

    He who has a why to live can bear almost any how

  • 37. Idioms

    You look like you got up on the wrong side of bed

  • 38. Fact about sports

    42 000 tennis balls are used each year on average during The Wimbledon Championships in England

  • 39. Fact about space

    There is no sound in space, it's a silent vacuum

  • 40. Plato

    Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous

  • 41. Idioms

    It was the last straw that broke the camel's back

  • 42. Animal fact

    Sharks have been around for 450 million years - longer than dinosaurs, trees and the rings of Saturn

  • 43. Confucius

    Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change

  • 44. Animal fact

    Bats always turn left when they leave their caves

  • 45. Fact about the world

    Climate change is causing flowers to change color

  • 46. Fact about sports

    Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, but it's only the fifth most popular sport in the USA

  • 47. Fact about music

    The modern violin contains over 70 pieces of wood

  • 48. Fact about space

    Around one million Earths could fit inside the Sun

  • 49. Idioms

    This sort of thing only happens once in a blue moon

  • 50. Fact about space

    The second man to ever step on the Moon is Buzz Aldrin. Curiously, "Moon" was his mother's maiden name

  • 51. Interesting fact

    Oceans cover over 70 percent of the Earth's surface

  • 52. Archimedes

    Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth

  • 53. Historical fact

    Richard Nixon could play five different instruments

  • 54. Animal fact

    A wild orca, although referred to as the "killer whale", has never hunted or intentionally harmed a human

  • 55. Proverb

    My parents taught me that honesty is the best policy

  • 56. Fact about economics

    The first US coin had the motto “Mind your business”

  • 57. Proverb

    You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs

  • 58. Fact about Hollywood

    Neil Armstrong does have a place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but it's not a star. He has a moon instead

  • 59. Animal fact

    The elephant is the only animal incapable of jumping

  • 60. Lucy Maud Montgomery

    You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams

  • 61. Scientific fact

    Our bodies lose almost 4 kg of skin cells every year

  • 62. Fact about space

    A man can survive about ninety seconds unprotected in space, while a chimpanzee can last for three minutes

  • 63. Chinese proverb

    Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom

  • 64. Historical fact

    There were thirteen participants in the Gunpowder Plot

  • 65. Interesting fact

    25% of apps downloaded on smartphones are mobile games

  • 66. Fact about music

    Elvis Presley is still the best-selling solo artist in the world, with more than one billion sales worldwide

  • 67. Fact about space

    Saturn is mostly made of gas and has a very low density

  • 68. Mark Twain

    Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it

  • 69. Chinese proverb

    Teachers open the doors, but you must enter by yourself

  • 70. Fact about food

    Although cinnamon is not particularly sweet by itself, it enhances the sweetness of all the other ingredients

  • 71. Historical fact

    George Washington's wooden teeth are just a popular myth

  • 72. Wassily Kandinsky

    The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul

  • 73. Interesting fact

    The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure on Earth

  • 74. Interesting fact

    Jennifer Lawrence, an American actress, has a tattoo that says "H2O" on her hand. It reminds her to drink water

  • 75. Sylvia Earle

    The sea is not a destination but a transformation

  • 76. Mexican proverb

    Since excuses were invented, no one is ever in the wrong

  • 77. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between

  • 78. Historical fact

    The Olympic Games used to include competitions in the fine arts, such as literature and music, from 1912 to 1948

  • 79. idioms

    It was surely a shot in the dark, but it turned out right!

  • 80. Tiberius Claudius Augustus Germanicus

    Say not always what you know, but always know what you say

  • 81. Fact about space

    95% of the Universe is made of dark matter and dark energy

  • 82. Interesting fact

    The character most frequently portrayed in horrors is Count Dracula, the creation of the Irish writer Bram Stoker

  • 83. English proverb

    Unlike in math, in real life two wrongs don't make a right

  • 84. Historical fact

    In the 1830s ketchup was a medicine known as "tomato pills"

  • 85. Margaret Fuller

    If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it

  • 86. Scientific fact

    Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents. Dinosaurs might have roamed right through your backyard

  • 87. Edgar Degas

    Art is not what you see, but what you make other people see

  • 88. Idioms

    Sometimes it's necessary to get a taste of your own medicine

  • 89. Arthur Schopenhauer

    Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first

  • 90. Animal fact

    Rats are able to experience joy and laugh. They express their good humor by emitting a high-pitched chirping noise

  • 91. Michael Johnson

    A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind

  • 92. Idioms

    "Pardon my French" is a phrase used to apologize for swearing

  • 93. Fact about economics

    Paper dollars are not paper. They are 75% cotton and 25% linen

  • 94. Fact about space

    There are no seasons on Venus since its orbit is almost circular, so temperatures across the planet do not vary much

  • 95. Idiom

    With no skill at all, he was like a fifth wheel at the company

  • 96. Albert Einstein

    The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax

  • 97. Idioms

    I have it from the horse's mouth that this puzzle game is easy!

  • 98. Proverb

    "A barking dog never bites" is what they say about people who would threaten others, but never act upon those threats

  • 99. Fact about music

    Music helps people with brain injuries recall personal memories

  • 100. Charles de Gaulle

    The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs

  • 101. Fact about arts

    Painting the Mona Lisa’s lips took Leonardo da Vinci twelve years

  • 102. Fact about space

    It takes Venus longer to rotate around its own axis than around the Sun, so a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus

  • 103. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

  • 104. Idioms

    Going on a wild goose chase will bring you nowhere

  • 105. Proverb

    They say that sometimes familiarity breeds contempt

  • 106. Taxi Driver (1976)

    You talking to me? You talking to me? You talking to me? Well, who the hell else are you talking to?

  • 107. Fact about space

    Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System

  • 108. The Godfather Part II (1974)

    Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  • 109. Fact about space

    Rogue planets do not belong to any planetary system

  • 110. Oscar Wilde

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth

  • 111. Idioms

    I have recently heard the news through the grapevine

  • 112. J.K. Rowling

    Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life

  • 113. Korean proverb

    Put something off for one day, and ten days will pass

  • 114. Jacques Yves Cousteau

    Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans

  • 115. Syrus

    Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it

  • 116. Italian proverb

    Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble

  • 117. Publius Vergilius Maro

    Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love

  • 118. Scientific fact

    The Eiffel Tower grows in summer. As substances are heated up, particles move more and take up a larger volume

  • 119. Aristotle

    Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies

  • 120. Socrates

    Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle

  • 121. Abraham Lincoln

    Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

  • 122. Historical fact

    Albert Einstein was once proposed to become the president of the State of Israel, but had to turn down the offer

  • 123. Russian proverb

    Without effort, you won't even pull a fish out of a pond

  • 124. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

    Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  • 125. Fact about music

    Prince played twenty-seven instruments on his debut album

  • 126. Albert Schweitzer

    Fish are the last to know they are in water. They are so surrounded by it that it is impossible for them to see it

  • 127. Hindu proverb

    When an elephant is in trouble, even a frog will kick him

  • 128. Norwegian proverb

    You may go where you want, but you cannot escape yourself

  • 129. Proverb

    You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink

  • 130. H.G. Wells, "The History of Mr. Polly"

    He loved the sea, he loved the rock, but he had no affection for the air. The air to him was an obnoxious adventure

  • 131. Braveheart (1995)

    They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

  • 132. French proverb

    Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it

  • 133. Fact about economics

    Almost one in three people who live in Monaco is a millionaire

  • 134. Alfred A. Montapert

    Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal

  • 135. Gustave Flaubert

    Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers

  • 136. Scientific fact

    Sound travels about four times faster in water than in the air

  • 137. Scientific fact

    The letter "J" is the only one not found on the periodic table

  • 138. Joel Osteen

    Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased

  • 139. Friedrich Nietzsche

    You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star

  • 140. Fact about music

    20% of kids learn to play music and 70% of adults wish they had

  • 141. Hungarian proverb

    A habit is first a wanderer, then a guest, and finally the boss

  • 142. Christian D. Larson

    Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle

  • 143. Fact about space

    Neutron stars rotate rapidly - up to a hundred times per second

  • 144. Interesting Fact

    Guinea pigs can purr like cats when they're happy

  • 145. Historical fact

    The English judges have never used gavels in the criminal court

  • 146. Edward R. Murrow

    To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful

  • 147. Eva Gabor

    Love is a game that two can play and both can win

  • 148. Fact about space

    Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the Solar System

  • 149. Fact about the world

    The oceans contain almost two hundred thousand different viruses

  • 150. Mandy Hale

    Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are

  • 151. Laozi

    A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving

  • 152. Historical fact

    Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian, as many people tend to believe

  • 153. Confucius

    In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of

  • 154. Eckhart Tolle

    You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level

  • 155. James A. Garfield

    The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable

  • 156. Alfred Tennyson

    Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

  • 157. Fact about space

    Voyager 1 entered interstellar space after 35 years of travelling

  • 158. Charles Darwin

    It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change

  • 159. Joke

    What is an astronaut’s favorite part on a computer? The space bar

  • 160. Czech proverb

    When we are at our happiest, then it is best to leave and go home

  • 161. Joke

    Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything

  • 162. Albert Einstein

    Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world

  • 163. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year

  • 164. Fact about space

    Active stars are primarily made of plasma, which is an ionized gas

  • 165. W. H. Auden

    In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag

  • 166. Oscar Wilde

    Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways

  • 167. Henry David Thoreau

    It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear

  • 168. Epictetus

    It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters

  • 169. George Bernard Shaw

    Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself

  • 170. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

    The pleasure of love is in the loving, and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires

  • 171. Fact about space

    Nowadays, Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt

  • 172. Abraham Lincoln

    The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time

  • 173. Interesting fact

    The combined weight of all Earth's ants matches that of all humans

  • 174. Fact about music

    Each Grammy Award trophy takes fifteen hours to make. The 5-pound awards are made of a special metal called “grammium”

  • 175. Fact about the world

    There is a website that tracks the world's population in real time

  • 176. Robert Louis Stevenson

    There is no foreign land; it is the traveller only that is foreign

  • 177. Kevin Gates

    True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind

  • 178. Joke

    Marriage is like a fine wine; it gets better with age. Also, it can lead to the occasional headache

  • 179. Martin Luther King Jr.

    We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope

  • 180. Interesting fact

    William Shakespeare is the most filmed author ever in any language

  • 181. Robert Louis Stevenson

    You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving

  • 182. Jacques Cousteau

    The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Two-thirds of our planet is covered by ocean

  • 183. Steve Jobs

    Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life

  • 184. Dr. Seuss

    From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere

  • 185. Thomas Jefferson

    I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past

  • 186. Kofi Annan

    Knowledge is power, information is liberating, education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family

  • 187. French proverb

    In love there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek

  • 188. Fact about the world

    It is estimated that Sweden has more islands than any other country

  • 189. Voltaire

    Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination

  • 190. Jordan Belfort

    The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it

  • 191. Interesting Facts

    The most common dream is the feeling of falling from a great height

  • 192. Interesting fact

    The surface of the Dead Sea is more than 400 meters below sea level

  • 193. Jane Austen

    There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends

  • 194. Anthony Bourdain

    Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay

  • 195. Winston Churchill

    We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give

  • 196. African proverb

    When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm

  • 197. Rabindranath Tagore

    You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water

  • 198. Joke

    Why don't some adults play hide and seek? Because good luck hiding when everyone you know just wants something from you

  • 199. Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

    Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there

  • 200. Interesting fact

    Finishing a small goal each day works wonders for your mental health

  • 201. John Evelyn

    Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world

  • 202. Vincent Van Gogh

    The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too

  • 203. Woodrow Wilson

    Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together

  • 204. Walt Disney

    Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever

  • 205. Albert Einstein

    Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere

  • 206. Fact about traveling

    Researchers explain that travel increases your level of creativity and can encourage you to think more positive thoughts!

  • 207. Interesting fact

    More than 70 percent of the world's oxygen is produced by the oceans

  • 208. Confucius

    Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth

  • 209. Claude Adrien Helvetius

    Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it

  • 210. Interesting fact

    The first film ever made in Hollywood is "In Old California". It is a 1910 silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith

  • 211. François de La Rochefoucauld

    We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears

  • 212. Notting Hill (1999)

    I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

  • 213. Marsha Norman

    Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you

  • 214. Jonathan Swift

    Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison

  • 215. Julius Caesar

    It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life

  • 216. Mark Twain

    Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it

  • 217. Kinky Friedman

    Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail

  • 218. Jane Howard

    Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one

  • 219. David Ogilvy

    The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible

  • 220. Oprah Winfrey

    The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams

  • 221. Historical fact

    The first mentions of Oxford University date back to the year of 1096

  • 222. Fact about books

    J.K. Rowling's original Harry Potter copy was rejected by 12 major British publishing houses before Bloomsbury accepted it

  • 223. Eleanor Roosevelt

    The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

  • 224. Scientific fact

    There are 206 bones in the adult human body and 300 in a child’s body

  • 225. Walter Winchell

    A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out

  • 226. George Orwell

    No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer

  • 227. Rajneesh

    Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax

  • 228. Mexican proverb

    He who speaks too much is tiresome; he who speaks too little is boring

  • 229. Desmond Tutu

    Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness

  • 230. Historical fact

    Spartans didn't work because the country was so rich it awarded lands and slaves to their citizens upon reaching adulthood

  • 231. Filipino proverb

    It is impossible to wake up someone who's just pretending to be asleep

  • 232. Spanish proverb

    Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free

  • 233. Knute Rockne

    One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it

  • 234. Life Hack

    Transform clutter into character by curating collections, using vertical spaces, and making storage an aesthetic highlight

  • 235. Joke

    Parallel lines have so much in common. It's a shame they'll never meet

  • 236. Fact about space

    Photons remain trapped inside the Sun for ten thousand years, at least

  • 237. Herman Melville

    Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me

  • 238. Nelson Mandela

    There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living

  • 239. Sophocles

    To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

  • 240. Anatole France

    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened

  • 241. Interesting Fact

    Many self-made billionaires started with little or no inherited wealth

  • 242. Life Hack

    Engage in 'The Power Hour': Dedicate the first hour of your day to focused, uninterrupted work on your most important task

  • 243. John Barrymore

    Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open

  • 244. Mandy Hale

    Sometimes a 'mistake' can end up being the best decision you ever make

  • 245. Life Hack

    Microwave citrus fruits for a few seconds to make them easier to juice

  • 246. Shannon L. Alder

    Attraction and passion are more easily remembered than the reasons for keeping someone in our life after the passion fades

  • 247. "Dead Poets Society", 1989

    No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world

  • 248. Idowu Koyenikan

    The more your money works for you, the less you have to work for money

  • 249. Max Eastman

    Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together

  • 250. George Burns

    You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there

  • 251. Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird"

    People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for

  • 252. "The Pursuit of Happyness", 2006

    The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least

  • 253. John Ruskin

    To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education

  • 254. Ernest Hemingway

    A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not

  • 255. Albert Einstein

    It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer

  • 256. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men

  • 257. John F. Kennedy

    The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

  • 258. James Cromwell

    Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life

  • 259. Martin Mull

    Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain

  • 260. Joke

    What kind of pet can perform really complex tricks? A labracadabrador!

  • 261. Life Hack

    Use a paperclip to turn a phone holder into a stand for hands-free use

  • 262. Fact about food

    Australians are the biggest consumers of meat in the world, eating around 200 pounds (90.72 kg) of meat per person per year

  • 263. Life Hack

    Use a budgeting app to track expenses and manage finances effortlessly

  • 264. Oscar Wilde

    Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known

  • 265. Stephen R. Covey

    I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions

  • 266. Fact about flora

    Bananas contain tryptophan, a kind of protein that the organism converts into serotonin, which is known to make you happier

  • 267. Interesting fact

    A woman's husband found a dollar she wrote on, hoping to find a husband

  • 268. Filipino proverb

    Avoiding danger is not cowardice. Courage without discretion is no good

  • 269. Benjamin Franklin

    Glass, china, and reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended

  • 270. Scientific fact

    During an average lifetime, the heart pumps nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood. This is enough to fill 200 train tank cars

  • 271. Interesting fact

    The "Jim Twins" were separated at birth, but led nearly identical lives

  • 272. Albert Schweitzer

    There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats

  • 273. Fact about the world

    There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 8.7 miles (14 km) of ice

  • 274. Fact about arts

    Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is one of the world’s best-selling books of all time, selling more than 500 million copies

  • 275. Bryant McGill

    Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax

  • 276. Shania Twain

    Home is where you can be yourself and feel comfortable in your own skin

  • 277. Jewish Proverb

    A house that is built on friendship and strong values will last forever

  • 278. Historical fact

    Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, lasted for more than two centuries and gave Rome the time to become one of the greatest empires

  • 279. Abraham Lincoln

    It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts

  • 280. Voltaire

    Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by the imagination

  • 281. Blaise Pascal

    Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go

  • 282. Fact about space

    Scientists believe that there is an enormous black hole in the center of nearly every large galaxy, including the Milky Way

  • 283. Nicole Richie

    True friends are like diamonds - bright, beautiful, and always in style

  • 284. Niki Lauda

    A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends

  • 285. William Butler Yeats

    Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking

  • 286. Animal fact

    The sound of the lion in many movies is not actually the roar of a lion, but of a tiger because it sounds more intimidating

  • 287. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

    Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts

  • 288. Lily Leung

    Home is where the heart is, and my heart is wherever I am at the moment

  • 289. Joke

    The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese

  • 290. Fact about sports

    Tug Of War used to be an Olympic sport between 1900 and 1920. Great Britain won the most medals — five, including two golds

  • 291. David Cottrell

    Authenticity is about being true to who you are and what you believe in

  • 292. Ibn Battuta

    Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller

  • 293. Pat Parelli

    A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care

  • 294. Animal fact

    Donkeys are instinctively aggressive towards canines, and are capable of crushing and killing them with their legs and teeth

  • 295. Shiv Khera

    Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success

  • 296. Catherine Pulsifer

    A wish is a hope or desire for something. May all your wishes come true

  • 297. Interesting fact

    A couple found wedding vows in a bottle written on the same day they wed

  • 298. Oliver Goldsmith

    Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray

  • 299. Irish Proverb

    A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have

  • 300. Fact about sports

    According to the World's Sports Encyclopedia, there are over 8000 sports

  • 301. Interesting fact

    Among all the animals on Earth, only humans are able to enjoy spicy food

  • 302. Historical fact

    In Ancient Greece, men usually wore tunics and would laugh at men who put on trousers, since they were considered effeminate

  • 303. Interesting fact

    Anne Parrish bought herself the same copy of a book she owned as a child

  • 304. Levantine proverb

    Discipline your son when he is young, and be his friend when he grows up

  • 305. African proverb

    If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together

  • 306. Fact about food

    India is the country with the lowest meat consumption. Indians only eat about 7 pounds (3.18 kg) of meat per person per year

  • 307. Interesting fact

    Joan Ginther scored more than $20 million in four scratcher lottery wins

  • 308. Interesting fact

    Maintaining a to-do list of your daily tasks can help cut down on stress

  • 309. Historical fact

    Pilgrims with buckled hats is another popular myth from the 19th century

  • 310. Henry Ford

    Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service

  • 311. Interesting Facts

    Relaxation helps to decrease the effects of stress on your mind and body

  • 312. Oscar Wilde

    To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

  • 313. Armin Houman

    Rest is not a luxury but a necessity. Without it, you become ineffective

  • 314. Fact about drinks

    Wine is not necessarily vegan. The ingredients often include egg whites, fish bladder protein, milk protein and even gelatin

  • 315. Epictetus

    Wealth consists of not having great possessions, but in having few wants

  • 316. Joke

    Why won't peanut butter tell you a secret? He's afraid you'll spread it!

  • 317. Pablo Picasso

    Affection is the most important thing in life. Without it, life is empty

  • 318. Cesare Pavese

    Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends

  • 319. "Forrest Gump",1994

    Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus

  • 320. Life hack

    It is easier to finish a large task by breaking it up into smaller pieces

  • 321. Aristotle

    It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace

  • 322. Michael Hyatt

    Rest is not a reward; it’s a necessity. Without it, we can’t sustain the energy, focus, and drive needed to achieve our goals

  • 323. Interesting fact

    Japanese animation accounts for 60% of the world’s animated entertainment

  • 324. Albert Einstein

    Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving

  • 325. Ashleigh Brilliant

    Please don't ask me what the score is. I'm not even sure what the game is

  • 326. Robert Kiyosaki

    Financial success is not about the size of your paycheck. It's about your ability to create assets that generate passive income

  • 327. Interesting fact

    The water pressure in the Mariana Trench is around 8 tons per square inch

  • 328. Federico Fellini

    There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life

  • 329. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams

  • 330. Socrates

    Smart people learn from everything and everyone; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers

  • 331. Albert Camus

    In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer

  • 332. Robert Frost

    In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on

  • 333. Walt Whitman

    Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you

  • 334. Life Hack

    Use the Eisenhower Box method to prioritize tasks into urgent/important, important/not urgent, urgent/not important, and neither

  • 335. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor

  • 336. Mahatma Gandhi

    The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated

  • 337. Historical fact

    The University of Oxford is nearly two hundred years older than the Aztecs

  • 338. Fact about arts

    The most curtain calls ever for a ballet was 89, after Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn performed their 1964 Swan Lake in Vienna

  • 339. Gustave Flaubert

    Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world

  • 340. Idioms

    When somebody tells you to break a leg, they are actually wishing you luck

  • 341. Alfred Marshall

    Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth

  • 342. Fact about space

    Although we imagine the Moon to be a barren land, it actually has ice on its poles, much like the Earth, and water in the interior

  • 343. Historical fact

    During 15 years of conquest, Alexander the Great never lost a single battle

  • 344. Interesting fact

    If all of the ice in the oceans melted, the sea level would rise 26 stories

  • 345. Historical fact

    The Leaning Tower of Pisa was constructed like this from the very beginning

  • 346. Fact about sports

    The world record for the most number of non-stop push-ups is 10,507 by Minoru Yoshida of Japan, which was achieved in October 1980

  • 347. Robert Louis Stevenson

    The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy

  • 348. Interesting fact

    There are as many letters in the alphabet as there are weeks in half a year

  • 349. Immanuel Kant

    Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me

  • 350. Life hack

    Drink a healthy amount of water every day, make your sleep a priority, practice good oral hygiene and do not eat too much junk food

  • 351. Samuel Butler

    Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

  • 352. Joke

    Did you hear the joke about the roof? Never mind, it would go over your head

  • 353. Robert Louis Stevenson

    Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant

  • 354. Historical fact

    You can say Stalin had his photos edited - the pictures were altered to remove the traces of certain political figures from history

  • 355. Interesting fact

    Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge missed two Malaysian Air flights that crashed

  • 356. Robert Frost

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in

  • 357. Albert Einstein

    If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects

  • 358. Sarah Kay

    There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away

  • 359. Theodore Roosevelt

    The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future

  • 360. Immanuel Kant

    Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for

  • 361. Emile Zola

    The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work

  • 362. Anais Nin

    Wishing is good for us. Daydreams, fantasies, castles in the air, and aspirations all drive us forward, impel us to make things happen

  • 363. Fact about space

    The Sun takes about 25-35 Earth days to make a full rotation around its axis

  • 364. Animal fact

    The word "camel" comes from Arabic and means "beauty" if translated directly

  • 365. George Bernard Shaw

    You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'

  • 366. Jacques Yves Cousteau

    The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat

  • 367. Chinese proverb

    A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song

  • 368. Fact about economics

    Alaska pays each resident a guaranteed income — dividends out of oil revenues

  • 369. Bruce Lee

    Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

  • 370. Jarod Kintz

    Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you're happy, they're happy. When you're sad, they're sad. And when you're unlovable, they love you

  • 371. Muhammad Ali

    He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

  • 372. Albert Camus

    Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal

  • 373. Historical fact

    Pirates never used treasure maps, it's just a popular literary and movie myth

  • 374. Fact about arts

    When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, the empty space it left on the wall attracted more visitors than the painting had

  • 375. Russian proverb

    Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening

  • 376. Konrad Lorenz

    The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be

  • 377. David Hume

    There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse

  • 378. Fact about food

    Although kids often dislike broccoli, it is actually very nutritious and, calorie per calorie, contains more protein than a piece of meat

  • 379. R. Buckminster Fuller

    There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly

  • 380. Chris Rock

    Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options

  • 381. Historical fact

    A lot of cowboys preferred bowler hats, not what is called "cowboy hats" today

  • 382. Fact about music

    Premature newborns benefit from hearing lullabies. Babies who listen to lullabies show slower heart rates and an increased caloric intake

  • 383. George Herbert

    In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge

  • 384. Proverb

    Practice makes perfect, so just persevere, and you will speak Chinese fluently

  • 385. H. L. Mencken

    We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine

  • 386. Fact about sports

    The grass at Wimbledon used to be two inches long until an English player was bitten by a snake in 1949. Now, it's around 0.3 inches long

  • 387. Maud Lindsay

    Wherever I fly from my own dear nest, I always come back, for home is the best

  • 388. Albert Einstein

    At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself

  • 389. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Divide and rule, the politician cries; Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise

  • 390. Charles Dickens

    Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than a magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration

  • 391. Rembrandt

    Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know

  • 392. Relax life hack

    Relaxing your back can help clear mental clutter and improve spinal flexibility

  • 393. Sun Tzu

    Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting

  • 394. Life Hack

    Use the 'two-minute rule': if a task can be done in two minutes or less, do it immediately. This helps prevent small tasks from piling up

  • 395. Historical fact

    The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world for 3,800 years

  • 396. Lebanese proverb

    The person who knew you when you were young will seldom respect you as an adult

  • 397. Japanese proverb

    The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour

  • 398. Bill Gates

    To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams. Because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies

  • 399. Fact about sports

    Badminton shuttlecocks fly faster in higher temperatures and at higher altitudes

  • 400. Joke

    Did you hear about the two people who stole a calendar? They each got six months

  • 401. Life hack

    Five small snacks throughout the day can satiate hunger better than one big meal

  • 402. Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook"

    The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds

  • 403. Socrates

    He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature

  • 404. Unknown author

    If you want a high living standard, you have to settle for a low quality of life

  • 405. Stirling Moss

    It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal

  • 406. Fact about space

    After the discovery of ethyl formate in the Milky Way, one may say that the center of our galaxy smells like rum and tastes like raspberries

  • 407. Benjamin Disraeli

    Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth

  • 408. J.R.R. Tolkien

    The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said

  • 409. Lao Tzu

    Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge

  • 410. Historical fact

    Dinosaurs lived on Earth for around 160 million years, which is 64 times longer than people, who have only been around for 2.5 million years

  • 411. Socrates

    To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge

  • 412. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

  • 413. Voltaire

    I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

  • 414. Fact about relaxation

    Stronger and more lasting memories are created when the brain is influenced by theta waves. These brain waves are associated with relaxation

  • 415. Herman Melville

    I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing

  • 416. Dalai Lama

    If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito

  • 417. Interesting Facts

    Sailfish, the fastest fish in the ocean, can reach speeds up to 68 miles per hour

  • 418. Scientific fact

    An ice cube takes up about 9% more volume than the water used to make it. This explains why liquids expand in containers when they are frozen

  • 419. Interesting fact

    Sailor Richard Parker was cannibalized — just like Poe's character of the same name

  • 420. Franklin D. Roosevelt

    The only thing we should fear is fear itself, but true love can conquer all fears

  • 421. Life hack

    Use different colors of nail polish on your keys to help you easily identify them

  • 422. Fact about arts

    Frank Baum named Oz after a filing cabinet that was kept in his office. One cabinet was labeled “A to N,” and the second was labeled “O to Z”

  • 423. Greek proverb

    A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit

  • 424. Thomas Mann

    A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people

  • 425. Historical fact

    Cleopatra was able to speak eight different languages, including Hebrew and Arabic

  • 426. George Washington

    I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man

  • 427. Jack London

    Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well

  • 428. Interesting fact

    People are at their best with 7 to 8 hours of sleep on a consistent sleep schedule

  • 429. Oscar Wilde

    The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame

  • 430. Interesting fact

    If you were to take out all the empty space inside the atoms of the human body, the entire human race would fit into a volume of a sugar cube

  • 431. Historical fact

    The founding king of Saudi Arabia was sometimes called the "Leopard of the Desert"

  • 432. Interesting Facts

    The sea is salty because it contains minerals from rocks and run-off from the land

  • 433. Kate Douglas Wiggin

    There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed

  • 434. Fact about flora

    Elephant grass found in Africa is called like that because it can grow up to 4.5 meters, which is high enough to hide an elephant in its shade

  • 435. Historical fact

    There was this myth in Ancient Greece: "redheads will become vampires after death"

  • 436. William Shakespeare

    What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet

  • 437. Moliere

    A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows

  • 438. Historical fact

    Mummy brown, a popular painting pigment in the 17th and 18th centuries, was actually made of the ground-up remains of ancient Egyptian mummies

  • 439. Scott Adams

    Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep

  • 440. Democritus

    Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul

  • 441. Abraham Lincoln

    In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years

  • 442. Fact about space

    When a massive star explodes, its core forms a neutron planet which is so dense that a teaspoon of its material weighs more than Mount Everest

  • 443. Arthur Conan Doyle

    Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius

  • 444. Animal fact

    Muntjacs are deer with fangs that occasionally hunt and eat small animals and birds

  • 445. Life hack

    Tea can help reduce stress by containing chamomile, vanilla, green tea, or lavender

  • 446. Fact about Hollywood

    A personal star on the Walk of Fame is not really an award for being a successful performer. You have to pay $30,000 in order to have it installed there

  • 447. Johnny Depp

    The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants

  • 448. Theodore Roosevelt

    To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society

  • 449. Historical fact

    Before the invention of dentures, doctors used teeth of dead soldiers as prosthetics

  • 450. Fact about the world

    Blood rain sometimes falls from the sky in Kerala, India. The rain retained its red coloring from aerial spores of a green microalgae native to the area

  • 451. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them

  • 452. Mark Twain

    Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself

  • 453. Fact about the world

    Glaciers and ice sheets hold about sixty-nine percent of all freshwater in the world

  • 454. Fact about food

    Pufferfish is deadly poisonous if cooked incorrectly, which is why it generally takes about 2 years for a Japanese chef to learn how to cook it properly

  • 455. Robert Montgomery

    Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, a dearer and sweeter spot than all the rest

  • 456. Historical fact

    Richard Nixon was a very talented musician and could play five different instruments

  • 457. Fact about traveling

    Studies show that couples who travel together report heightened feelings of intimacy

  • 458. Fact about music

    Songs have been getting shorter in recent years. The average length of a song in 2019 was 3 minutes and 42 seconds, nearly a minute shorter than in 1995

  • 459. William James

    The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another

  • 460. Audrey Hepburn

    The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters

  • 461. Historical fact

    The word "cyan" is derived from Ancient Greek, and it refers to the color of the sea

  • 462. Scientific fact

    The human eye has a 576-megapixel resolution. However, we only see at about 150 dpi, since that is more than enough visual stimuli for us to see objects

  • 463. Elvis Presley

    Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away

  • 464. Interesting fact

    Two Dennis the Menace characters emerged in different countries during the same year

  • 465. Kahlil Gibran

    Friendship often proves a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity for joy and love

  • 466. Animal fact

    The jaguar may be the most powerful and dangerous animal in America, but a gang of otters can easily scare it off or even attack it, especially in water

  • 467. Scientific fact

    In just one teaspoon of soil, there are more microorganisms than people on the planet

  • 468. Fact about sports

    On average, soccer players run about seven miles each throughout the span of one game

  • 469. Albert E Cliffe

    Show me a worrying person and I will show you a person who does not know how to relax

  • 470. Interesting fact

    Total solar eclipses are a coincidence of time and space, with the moon appearing 400 times smaller than the sun and 400 times further away than the sun

  • 471. Fact about food

    The Aztecs used cocoa beans as currency and accepted them as taxes from other peoples

  • 472. Fact about sports

    The oldest soccer team in the world is Sheffield FC in England. It was formed in 1857

  • 473. Fact about space

    The Universe has more stars than there are grains of sand on the surface of the Earth

  • 474. Fact about the world

    An amazing red lake called Lake Natron is found in Tanzania. According to NASA, its red color is due to halo archaea microorganisms that live in the lake

  • 475. Charles Caleb Colton

    True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it's lost

  • 476. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new

  • 477. Historical fact

    Upon his wife's death, Herod the Great kept her body, preserved in honey, for 7 years

  • 478. Thich Nhat Hanh

    Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

  • 479. William Shakespeare

    What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by. Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I

  • 480. Khalil Gibran

    A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul

  • 481. Voltaire

    God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well

  • 482. Fact about the world

    Not counting the North and South Poles, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. Some of its parts have not seen a drop of rain in over 500 years

  • 483. Desiderius Erasmus

    Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin

  • 484. Charlotte Brontë

    I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will

  • 485. Historical fact

    Ronald Reagan was a dedicated lifeguard in his youth and saved 77 people from drowning

  • 486. Animal fact

    Poison dart frogs are only poisonous because they eat poisonous ants and insects. In zoos, where their diet is controlled, they do not produce any poison

  • 487. idioms

    Solving this was a piece of cake, I don't know why everyone was so scared of this test

  • 488. Fact about space

    The Chinese started documenting the appearance of Halley's Comet as early as in 613 BC

  • 489. Ashleigh Brilliant

    To be sure of winning, invent your own game, and never tell any other player the rules

  • 490. Historical fact

    China was the first country to ever use paper money instead of gold or other precious metals. This was recorded during the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century

  • 491. Interesting fact

    Will Power became an electrician which led to jokes about his electrifying personality

  • 492. Charlie Chaplin

    A day without laughter is a day wasted, because humor is simply the defiance of despair

  • 493. Thomas à Kempis

    He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver

  • 494. Fact about arts

    Now widely regarded as one of art history’s greatest painters, Vincent van Gogh officially sold only one painting in his lifetime. It was The Red Vineyard

  • 495. Life hack

    Heavy items can be moved much more easily in a rolling suitcase than in a cardboard box

  • 496. Jean Cocteau

    I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul

  • 497. Amy Purdy

    If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?

  • 498. Fact about flora

    Banana is actually an Arabic word for fingers. In fact, a cluster of bananas is referred to as a hand, and it consists of 10 to 20 bananas known as fingers

  • 499. William James

    Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they have got a second

  • 500. Victor Hugo

    Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent

  • 501. Fact about sports

    The average distance a man walks on foot during his life is four times around the world

  • 502. Fact about music

    Japan has the shortest national anthem in the world. It has only four lines. The title "Kimi Ga Yo" is usually translated as "His Imperial Majesty's Reign"

  • 503. Interesting fact

    The British royal family isn't allowed to play Monopoly because it gets too competitive

  • 504. Guinness World Records

    The Great Barrier Reef is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms

  • 505. Rene Descartes

    The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues

  • 506. Animal fact

    A rat king is not a giant rat; it's a collection of rats whose tails got bound together for various reasons: knots, gooey substances or entangling materials

  • 507. Will Rogers

    The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket

  • 508. Francis Bacon

    They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea

  • 509. English proverb

    "Manners maketh man" means that people are judged based on their behavior towards others

  • 510. Interesting fact

    It is estimated that less than half of our body consists of human cells (only 43%). The rest are microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi

  • 511. Historical fact

    Charles Darwin was a member of Cambridge Glutton Club and ate a lot of different animals

  • 512. Henry David Thoreau

    If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment

  • 513. Carl Sagan

    Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere

  • 514. Fact about flora

    Daffodils are used as currency for Prince Charles, he receives one daffodil per year as rent for his lands on the Island of Scilly and off the coast of Cornwall

  • 515. Robert A Heinlein

    Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own

  • 516. Interesting fact

    Stephen Hawking shares his birth and death dates with Galileo and Einstein, respectively

  • 517. Proverb

    They say that a true love will always find a way, even through adversities and hardships

  • 518. Fact about the world

    Enigmatic sailing stones near Death Valley National Park in California move completely on their own. The source of their curious movement is shifting ice layers

  • 519. Heywood Broun

    Winners never quit and quitters never win. Sports do not build character. They reveal it

  • 520. Interesting fact

    About 69% of the world's freshwater is encased in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow

  • 521. Galileo Galilei

    All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them

  • 522. Historical fact

    Caligula derived his pleasure from surrounding himself with luxury: he wallowed in gold coins and artefacts as well as drank natural pearls, dissolved in vinegar

  • 523. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

    For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them

  • 524. Agnes Repplier

    Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding

  • 525. Thomas Jefferson

    It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation that give you happiness

  • 526. Historical fact

    The corsets of the Victorian era were so tight and worn for such a long period of time that the compressed ribs left indentations in the internal organs of women

  • 527. Thomas Hardy

    Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened

  • 528. Fact about arts

    Claude Monet had a father who disapproved of his painting, as he wanted him to be a grocer

  • 529. Animal fact

    Tigers learn to imitate calls of other animals to lull them into a false state of security

  • 530. Fact about the world

    The most densely populated island in the world is Santa Cruz del Islote near Colombia. It's the size of two soccer fields. Five hundred people live on the island

  • 531. On the Waterfront (1954)

    I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.

  • 532. Interesting fact

    A man found a lost wallet, returned it, and later discovered it was his own from a year ago

  • 533. Alan Alda

    Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been

  • 534. Fact about space

    There is a giant gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila with enough alcohol to provide everyone on Earth with 300,000 pints of beer a day for one billion years

  • 535. Albert Einstein

    Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought

  • 536. Robert Breault

    Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things

  • 537. Fact about food

    Fresh eggs always sink to the bottom of a glass filled with water, while the bad ones float

  • 538. Ancient Greece

    Deus ex machina is an old trope, fairly often used by bad writers. It means that an unsolvable and hard situation is suddenly resolved by an impossible occurrence

  • 539. Horatio Nelson

    I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor

  • 540. Life hack

    If you want people to like you, ask questions about them rather than talking about yourself

  • 541. Fact about food

    India is the biggest producer as well as the biggest consumer of chili peppers in the world

  • 542. Fact about food

    If stored in a closed jar, honey does not have a shelf life and will never go bad. Honey is very low in moisture and very acidic, so bacteria cannot survive in it

  • 543. Brian Tracy

    Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day

  • 544. Alphonse de Lamartine

    To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic

  • 545. Ice Cube

    Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide

  • 546. Scientific fact

    Marie Curie is the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two sciences. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011

  • 547. François de La Rochefoucauld

    When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere

  • 548. Fact about sports

    A small city in Pakistan called Sialkot produces around 70% of all soccer balls in the world

  • 549. Charles Dickens

    Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts

  • 550. Animal fact

    We can ride horses, but not zebras because zebras are unpredictable and aggressive. Zoo workers consider zebras to be one of the most dangerous animals in the zoo

  • 551. Scientific fact

    Sound creates heat. Sound waves generate heat when they travel and are absorbed by materials

  • 552. Fact about arts

    The Mona Lisa has her own mailbox in the Louvre because of all the love letters she receives

  • 553. Interesting fact

    The sentence "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" uses every letter of the alphabet

  • 554. Animal fact

    Tigers can paralyze their victims with their roar. They roar with frequency of less than 20 hertz, which people can't hear, but the sound is strong enough to pass through bones and cause an instinctive paralysis

  • 555. Interesting fact

    10-Year-Old Laura Buxton released a red balloon—and another 10-year-old Laura Buxton found it

  • 556. Marcus Aurelius

    You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

  • 557. Leon Trotsky

    Capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling

  • 558. Fact about space

    If the stars in galaxies were shrunk to the size of tennis balls, they'd be lying 4,800 km away from each other, so there is a lot of "empty space" in the Universe

  • 559. Vincent van Gogh

    Close friends are truly life’s treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves

  • 560. Dante Alighieri

    Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge

  • 561. Henry David Thoreau

    Dreams are the touchstones of our character, we should follow them instead of being led astray

  • 562. Fact about music

    Loud music causes you to drink more in less time. A French study found that loud music in a bar setting leads to increased drinking within a shorter amount of time

  • 563. Interesting fact

    Anthony Hopkins happened upon a signed copy of the book he was searching for in a train station

  • 564. Albert Einstein

    Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either

  • 565. Osho

    Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence: being creative is a spiritual act of freedom

  • 566. Historical fact

    The Vikings discovered America nearly five hundred years prior to Columbus. Leif Eriksson of Greenland was the first European to land on the Island of Newfoundland

  • 567. Marcus Aurelius

    Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth

  • 568. Benjamin Disraeli

    Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen

  • 569. Animal fact

    Seagulls are dangerous birds that form gangs and hunt sheep, baby whales and even domestic dogs

  • 570. Fact about space

    Although astronauts drink recycled water that comes from their showers, sweat and even urine, their water is much cleaner than the majority of water people drink on Earth

  • 571. Fact about space

    The Moon is drifting away from the Earth little by little - by about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) a year

  • 572. Interesting fact

    The novel "Futility" predicted the Titanic's sinking, and both coincided with eerie correctness

  • 573. Thomas Wentworth Higginson

    There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor

  • 574. Fact about food

    Although goat meat is not particularly popular in many cultures, it is the most consumed red meat in the world. Around 70% of all the red meat people consume is goat meat

  • 575. Erich Fromm

    Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties, it allows us to think beyond the usual

  • 576. Life hack

    If you wear a suit to a job interview, it makes you seem professional and that's half the battle

  • 577. Animal fact

    Rhinos have very sensitive skin and sensitive feet, so they always run on the tips of their toes

  • 578. Fact about the world

    The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii. The area's mountains produce sharp gradients in clouds and rainfall, which are key to abundant rainbow sightings

  • 579. Niccolò Machiavelli

    If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared

  • 580. Interesting fact

    Political adversaries Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other—on July 4th

  • 581. Scientific fact

    Silk is the strongest natural material. The silk of spider webs is five times stronger than steel

  • 582. Fact about politics

    There are still 773 million illiterate adults in the world today, and around two thirds of them are women. A big share of these women are denied the right to go to school

  • 583. Fact about space

    Sunsets on Mars are blue because the light is reflected from the dust particles in its atmosphere

  • 584. Life hack

    Taking a picture of a fully stocked refrigerator helps in reminding you what to get when shopping

  • 585. Interesting fact

    The human body can go longer without food than without sleep (1-2 months vs. only around 10 days)

  • 586. Historical fact

    Due to hyperinflation in Germany after the First World War, the price of a loaf of bread rose from 160 Marks at the end of 1922 to 200,000,000,000 Marks at the end of 1923

  • 587. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not

  • 588. Scientific fact

    A rubber tire is made up of only one molecule. A tire is one polymer with a large molecular weight

  • 589. Tom Barrett

    Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth

  • 590. Historical fact

    In the late 1700s, there was a person in France named Tarrare, who became a sensation because he ate inordinate amounts of food as well as inedible objects, such as stones

  • 591. Interesting fact

    Two unrelated men, both named Mr. Dooly, born, married, and died on the same days in the same city

  • 592. Serbian proverb

    You are not being honest if you burn your tongue and don't tell everyone else that the soup is hot

  • 593. Zhuangzi

    Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse

  • 594. Fact about the world

    Japan experiences 20% of all the world’s 6.0-magnitude or higher temblors annually, since it is located along the Ring of Fire, prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes

  • 595. Anais Nin

    Dreams are necessary to life. They are the compass of the soul, guiding us in our greatest ventures

  • 596. Thomas Jefferson

    He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors

  • 597. James E. Faust

    Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth-telling, truth-speaking, truth-living, and truth-loving

  • 598. Fact about music

    Karaoke means empty orchestra. The Japanese word karaoke comes from two other words. Karappo, which means empty in Japanese. And okesutura, the Japanized form of orchestra

  • 599. Bob Newhart

    Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on

  • 600. Life Hack

    To prevent your charger cables from fraying, reinforce each end with a small spring from an old pen

  • 601. Ayn Rand

    Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver

  • 602. Fact about music

    Listening to music enhances physical performance. According to research, music provides temporal cues that have the potential to make more efficient use of physical energy

  • 603. Zig Ziglar

    What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals

  • 604. Champfleury

    A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor

  • 605. Interesting fact

    The most common name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is Williams, followed closely by Moore, and Jones

  • 606. Fact about flora

    Oak trees only start producing acorns when they are at least 50 years old. The oak tree can live up to 1,000 years and produces about 10 million acorns during its lifetime

  • 607. Interesting Fact

    Encyclopedias were used as status symbols, showcasing an individual's wealth and access to knowledge

  • 608. Interesting Fact

    Monaco is the world's second-smallest independent state, with an area of just 2.02 square kilometers

  • 609. Maya Angelou

    The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned

  • 610. Fact about music

    There is an album that was recorded in space. In 2015, a Canadian astronaut named Chris Hadfield released his first album, which was entirely recorded while he was in orbit

  • 611. Tony Gaskins

    Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with love

  • 612. W.L. George

    Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties

  • 613. Joke

    My husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told him a list of things to fix around the house

  • 614. Historical fact

    Agnes Sorel was the first recognized mistress of a French king, who was famous for wearing extremely revealing scandalous dresses with some parts of her body on full display

  • 615. Animal fact

    The Aldabra giant tortoise can weigh more than 500 pounds (220 kg) and can live longer than 250 years

  • 616. Hermann Hesse

    Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

  • 617. "Wonder Woman", 2017

    Hope is not crazy. It's not naive. It's not stupid. It's brave, and it's fierce, and it's very strong

  • 618. Fact about politics

    The United States de facto authorizes the practice of extraordinary rendition, which means any prisoner could be transferred to any country for the purposes of interrogation

  • 619. Fact about space

    Pluto is not the only dwarf planet in the solar system, we also have Ceres, Makemake, Haumea and Eris

  • 620. Interesting Fact

    Some fish, like the mudskipper, can survive on land for extended periods, using their fins to breathe

  • 621. Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are

  • 622. Fact about flora

    Around 80 percent of the forest that dominated the Earth 8,000 years ago is gone today due to human intervention. We are left with one-fifth of the forests that used to exist

  • 623. Elisabeth Foley

    The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart

  • 624. Mark Halperin

    Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries

  • 625. Oprah Winfrey

    Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure

  • 626. Fact about flora

    Studies have shown that caffeine acts as a natural pesticide and produces a bitter smell to scare away insects. Caffeine is quite safe for people, but it can be toxic to pets

  • 627. George Bernard Shaw

    Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire and you believe what you imagine

  • 628. Animal fact

    Nearly half of all orangutangs have broken or fractured bones because they regularly fall out of trees

  • 629. Fact about space

    The second man to ever step on the Moon is Buzz Aldrin. Curiously, 'Moon' was his mother's maiden name

  • 630. Fact about food

    Nutrition labels provide the information on the ingredients in a particular order. The more of the ingredient is present in the product, the higher up in the list it is placed

  • 631. Bat Masterson

    We all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime and the poor get it in the winter

  • 632. Life Hack

    Practice "water therapy" by sipping water slowly and mindfully throughout the day to enhance hydration

  • 633. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    A home is a kingdom of its own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life’s storms and stresses

  • 634. Fact about music

    There is a guitar with four necks, forty-two strings, and two sound holes. It was created by designer Linda Manzer in 1984. Surprisingly, the bizarre guitar sounds quite normal

  • 635. Mary Lou Retton

    Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you

  • 636. Life Hack

    Turn a tennis ball into a holder for keys, mail, and pens by making a cut and attaching it to the wall

  • 637. Philip Fisher

    The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing

  • 638. Fact about flora

    During the 1600s, tulips were so expensive in Holland that their bulbs cost more than gold. The period is known as Tulip Mania, and it resulted in the crash of the Dutch economy

  • 639. Joke

    I'm not clumsy. The floor just hates me, the table and chairs are bullies, and the walls get in my way

  • 640. Interesting Fact

    In Japan, there is a term "Koi No Yokan" for the feeling of knowing you will fall in love with someone

  • 641. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog

  • 642. Fact about music

    Orchestras don't always need a conductor. There are orchestral pieces that are for performances without a conductor. They usually go back to the 17th or the early 18th centuries

  • 643. C.S. Lewis

    Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives

  • 644. Albert Schweitzer

    Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth

  • 645. Fact about arts

    The most popular ballet in the world is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, which was first performed in 1892

  • 646. Fact about sports

    Professional athletes used to perform in vaudeville during the off-season. Before today’s big-league salaries, professional baseball and football players often had a side hustle

  • 647. Leo Tolstoy

    Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold

  • 648. Interesting Fact

    Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, is still growing at a rate of about 4 millimeters per year

  • 649. Interesting Fact

    Animals can form bonds of love and attachment, often seen in social animals like elephants and penguins

  • 650. Fact about arts

    Artist Willard Wigan once inhaled his own work. Wigan’s works are micro-sculptures that must be viewed through a microscope. In creating his art, Wigan has to work between pulses

  • 651. Anais Nin

    The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery

  • 652. Interesting Fact

    The Sahara Desert is growing in size due to desertification, expanding by about 0.8 kilometers per year

  • 653. Interesting Fact

    The ocean is divided into distinct zones, including the sunlight zone, twilight zone, and midnight zone

  • 654. Fact about music

    The world’s longest concert by multiple artists lasted for 453 hours, 54 minutes, and 40 seconds. It was part of Canada’s celebration of their country’s 150th anniversary in 2017

  • 655. Thom Jones

    Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn't ever know we had

  • 656. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done

  • 657. Napoleon Hill

    Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit

  • 658. Historical fact

    During the First World War, the French built a fake Paris to confuse German bombers. It was a huge project with replicas of all the important landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower

  • 659. Benjamin Mays

    The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach

  • 660. George Bernard Shaw

    A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing

  • 661. Daniel Defoe

    All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have

  • 662. Fact about flora

    Sunflowers can effectively pull contaminants, including radioactive particles, out of water. This was tested during the Chernobyl disaster and later at the Fukushima site in Japan

  • 663. Fact about sports

    Olympic gold medals are actually made of silver. The last fully gold medals given out dates back to 1912

  • 664. E. W. Howe

    The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home

  • 665. Stephen King, "The Stand"

    The best way to find out if you are dreaming is to read something, because reading never works in dreams

  • 666. Fact about food

    The red food dye, often used in candies and strawberry- flavored drinks, is called carmine and is actually made from the crushed bodies of a parasitical insect called the cochineal

  • 667. Anjay Cohen

    When you replace 'why is this happening to me' with 'what is this trying to teach me?' everything shifts

  • 668. William Arthur Ward

    The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails

  • 669. Dr. John Bradshaw

    Our pets are like our therapists, offering unconditional love and comfort without uttering a single word

  • 670. Fact about space

    The Universe is expanding at an accelerated speed, which might be due to the fact that the repulsive gravitation of dark energy is overpowering the attractive gravitation of matter

  • 671. William Wordsworth

    The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love

  • 672. Denis Waitley

    The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile

  • 673. Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man"

    Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat

  • 674. Interesting fact

    Everyone on Earth is at most fiftieth cousins with everyone else. And people that share the same ethnicity and live in the same country are likely to be related within 10 past generations

  • 675. Interesting Fact

    In Svalbard, Norway, there are more polar bears than humans. It's not safe to leave town without a rifle

  • 676. Barry Eisler

    The only way to deal with a coincidence is to accept it. Accept it and take from it what it has to offer

  • 677. John F. Kennedy

    Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future

  • 678. Historical fact

    The Great Fire of London destroyed over 13,200 houses, but had 6 casualties. This belief is widely disputed nowadays, with the death toll estimated to be several thousand times that number

  • 679. Ann Landers

    Love is friendship that has caught fire, calmness that quiets inner chaos, confidence for uncertain hours

  • 680. Fact about economics

    Most poor people do not live in poor countries. Over 70% of them actually live in middle-income countries

  • 681. Winston Churchill

    The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it; ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is

  • 682. Fact about sports

    There is a 150-year-old oak tree at the center of a soccer field in Estonia. The locals who play football on the pitch have become used to it and know how to use the tree to complete passes

  • 683. Brian Tracy

    You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you

  • 684. Dr. Seuss

    You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because the reality is finally better than your dreams

  • 685. T.S. Eliot

    The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

  • 686. Fact about flora

    It’s much healthier to keep potatoes skin instead of peeling it, because it’s very rich in nutrients, including potassium, vitamin B3, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, calcium, copper, and zinc

  • 687. Bruce Garrabrandt

    Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones

  • 688. Stanley Coren

    The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them

  • 689. Dr. Seuss

    The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go

  • 690. Fact about economics

    As of 2022, Finland is considered to be the best country to live in, with the “Social Progress Index” (human rights + wellbeing + opportunities for self-fulfillment) reaching as high as 90.09

  • 691. Lady Gaga

    Trust is like a mirror. You can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in that reflection

  • 692. Henry Ward Beecher

    A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road

  • 693. Life hack

    Boost your productivity by decluttering your workspace and materialize your goals by making a vision board

  • 694. Fact about music

    Croatia has a distinction of housing the only sea organ in the world. This architectural sound object plays music when hit by sea waves through tubes which are located under large marble steps

  • 695. C.S. Lewis

    Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'You too? I thought I was the only one'

  • 696. Jules Verne

    I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through

  • 697. Fyodor Dostoevsky

    If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment - as well as the prison

  • 698. Animal fact

    If you shave a zebra completely, its skin will be black underneath the coat, so zebras are, in fact, black with white stripes. Also, in nature white is not a color, it's the absence of pigment

  • 699. Fact about space

    Mars is the only planet known to mankind that is populated by robots, which were sent there from the Earth

  • 700. Interesting fact

    The first and last battles of the Civil War were fought next to the same man's property—in different towns

  • 701. idioms

    You really should stop putting the cart before the horse and preparing for the wedding before the proposal

  • 702. Fact about space

    Nothing can ever exceed the speed of light and nothing with mass can ever reach this level, but assuming it could, it would still take about 10 million years to reach the edge of the Milky Way

  • 703. Interesting Fact

    A man won the lottery twice with the same numbers, using a ticket he had found on the street years earlier

  • 704. Life Hack

    Use the Pomodoro Technique (25 minutes of focused work followed by a 5-minute break) to boost productivity

  • 705. Walter Hagen

    Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So, don't forget to stop and smell the roses

  • 706. Animal fact

    The octopus has no bones, so it can fit even in the tiniest holes and enclosures, regardless of its size. This is how many of them managed to escape zoos which were not built with them in mind

  • 707. Winston Churchill

    A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty

  • 708. Dr. Seuss

    You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose

  • 709. Tim Ferriss

    The luxury of all luxury - to go where you want, when you want - is the most scalable lifestyle imaginable

  • 710. Fact about flora

    The oldest living organism on Earth is actually a plant. It is a bristlecone pine that grows in southeastern California's White Mountains, which has been estimated to be around 4,841 years old

  • 711. Fact about food

    Orange, green, yellow, and red peppers are all different plants, not the same vegetable of different colors

  • 712. Fact about space

    There are five dwarf planets in the Solar System, none of which can be seen from the Earth with a naked eye

  • 713. Mark Twain

    Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't

  • 714. Fact about space

    Jupiter's Great Red Spot has shrunk by 40% in 150 years. It's not really a spot but a huge storm, the strongest in the Solar System, and it's been going on longer than Jupiter has been observed

  • 715. Interesting Fact

    Two friends proposed to their girlfriends at the same beach on the same day, leading to double celebrations

  • 716. Liam James

    Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them, they will lead you to your destiny

  • 717. Life Hack

    Swishing coconut or sesame oil in your mouth for 15-20 minutes daily may contribute to improved oral health

  • 718. Animal fact

    Orcas are at the top of the food chain in the ocean and are capable of hunting and killing whales and sharks. They have been known to murder sea animals for no other reason other than enjoyment

  • 719. The Lord of the Rings, 2001

    You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to

  • 720. Pavana

    In every room of our time together there is a box of memories we open, but just to create more for tomorrow

  • 721. Wayne W. Dyer

    Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be

  • 722. Scientific fact

    Unbelievably, it can rain diamonds on other planets. The atmospheres in Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn have such extreme pressure that they can crystallize carbon atoms and turn them into diamonds

  • 723. Maya Angelou

    In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine

  • 724. Marva Collins

    Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide

  • 725. Fact about space

    A human being can survive ninety seconds unprotected in space, while a chimpanzee can last for three minutes

  • 726. Animal fact

    An experiment showed that cuttlefish are capable to understand that if they wait they will get better food, which shows the level of intelligence and self-control observed in primates and humans

  • 727. Fact about food

    According to some studies, artificial sweeteners significantly increase the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's

  • 728. Fact about sports

    Major League Baseball umpires are obliged to wear black underwear during games, in case their trousers split

  • 729. Ralph Marston

    Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work

  • 730. Fact about food

    Brown sugar is not a better or healthier option. It’s the same white sugar with molasses syrup. It does contain certain beneficial minerals, but in such tiny amounts that they make no difference

  • 731. Barbara Kingsolver

    Hope is a renewable option: if you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning

  • 732. Interesting Fact

    The ocean is filled with unexplained sounds, such as the "Bloop," a deep noise detected in the Pacific Ocean

  • 733. James Herriot

    If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty, then animals are better off than a lot of humans

  • 734. Fact about music

    A song that gets stuck in your head is called an earworm. Earworms could be triggered by experiences that bring up a memory of a song, such as feeling an emotion which you associate with the song

  • 735. Paul Walker

    The ocean is a vast wilderness where animals roam freely, and we have a responsibility to protect their home

  • 736. Animal fact

    Dolphins are capable of forming such strong bonds with people that they sometimes experience intense jealousy

  • 737. Animal fact

    Southern Giant Petrels often projectile-vomit their putrid stomach oils at those they perceive to be a threat

  • 738. Fact about the world

    Lake Balkhash is one of the largest lakes in Asia. Its western part is fresh water, while its eastern half is saline. This is due to a land separation that doesn’t allow the water to mix properly

  • 739. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment

  • 740. Kahlil Gibran

    Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people at hand

  • 741. Rick Warren

    Coincidences may seem random, but when you look back on your life, you'll realize that they were anything but

  • 742. Fact about flora

    Lilies are highly toxic to cats and dogs, and should be kept away from them. Even sniffing it can cause toxic shock in your pet, while eating just a tiny bit of it can result in a serious illness

  • 743. Interesting Fact

    The world's oldest known message in a bottle was found in Western Australia and was at sea for over 131 years

  • 744. Plato

    Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent

  • 745. Friedrich Nietzsche

    Love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony

  • 746. Fact about flora

    Lotus was considered a symbol of resurrection in Ancient Egypt, because the flower can bloom in flooded areas, but it can also survive for years during droughts and bloom again when it is watered

  • 747. George Matthew Adams

    A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run

  • 748. Bernard Meltzer

    A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you even if you forget the words

  • 749. Steve Jobs

    The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle

  • 750. Fact about movies

    The Great Dictator, one of the most famous Charlie Chaplin's movies, was produced entirely with Chaplin's own money. Hollywood was too afraid to pick the wrong side and lose the money at the time

  • 751. Jason Mraz

    And when you're needing your space to do some navigating, I'll be here patiently waiting to see what you find

  • 752. Calvin Coolidge

    Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character

  • 753. Fact about the world

    People who are currently alive represent about seven percent of the total number of people who have ever lived

  • 754. Fact about economics

    The so-called “Miracle on the Han River”, or the incredible economic growth of South Korea, largely happened because of the tax paradise the government created for chaebols (Korean conglomerates)

  • 755. Robert Breault

    Time brings an end to everything. We should not mistake for a tragedy what is no more than the passage of time

  • 756. Nicolaus Copernicus

    To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge

  • 757. Interesting Fact

    Cats have an extraordinary ability to sense changes in the weather and might become more active before a storm

  • 758. Fact about music

    Eighty-eight children in England set the world record for playing on one piano at the same time. This project was launched in 2018 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death

  • 759. Interesting fact

    A cat named Sam miraculously survived the sinkings of three ships: the Bismarck, the Cossack, and the Ark Royal

  • 760. Fact about space

    Comets are basically giant space snowballs because they are composed mainly of frozen ammonia, methane or water

  • 761. "Wall Street", 1987

    The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works

  • 762. Fact about movies

    After Ratatouille, the movie about an adorable rat that loved cooking, pet markets around the world saw a sharp spike in sales of pet rats. Some even claimed a 50 percent increase in their revenues

  • 763. Donovan Bailey

    Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams

  • 764. Life Hack

    Prep and freeze ingredients in advance to streamline cooking processes and minimize meal prep time on busy days

  • 765. H. L. Mencken

    It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place

  • 766. Fact about space

    Big Freeze is the expected end of the Universe because the Universe is expanding at an accelerated speed and is slowly cooling. Once the Universe is devoid of all usable heat, it is expected to die

  • 767. Tom Bodett

    In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson

  • 768. Stephen Colbert

    Dreams can change. If we all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses

  • 769. Vincent van Gogh

    If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced

  • 770. Fact about arts

    Luciano Pavarotti received 165 curtain calls and was applauded for 1 hour 7 minutes after singing the part of Nemorino in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in 1988

  • 771. Kahlil Gibran

    The pessimist complains about the rosebush having thorns; the optimist rejoices in the thorns having a rosebush

  • 772. Fact about politics

    The US government saved every public tweet from 2006 through 2017. That is at least half a billion tweets a day

  • 773. Fact about sports

    The boy who coxed the winning pair in the rowing events at the 1900 Olympics is believed to be only 7 years old

  • 774. Fact about flora

    Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree. This is due to a particular structure of its roots that run deep and are hollow inside, making the tree an excellent electricity conductor

  • 775. Fact about economics

    The Nobel Prize in Economics is not a real Nobel Prize. In fact, it was established by the Swedish central bank

  • 776. Judith Jamison

    Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you

  • 777. Dr. Jane Smith

    In the future, love will transcend time and space, creating connections beyond the boundaries of earth and stars

  • 778. Historical fact

    The first picture of a person was made in 1838. It was unintentional because a 10-minute exposure couldn't catch moving people, but it caught a man and a shoeshiner, who remained still on a busy street

  • 779. Herm Albright

    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort

  • 780. Fact about arts

    Making a ballerina tutu can take up to 100 yards of ruffle. This is the amount needed to make the skirt stand up

  • 781. Charles Mingus

    Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity

  • 782. Interesting fact

    The longest television series of all time is an anime currently running over 7000 episodes. This series is called Sazae-san. It was first published in 1946 and was given its animated adaptation in 1969

  • 783. Interesting fact

    Violet Jessop survived three nautical disasters, including the Titanic and Britannic, and lived to the age of 84

  • 784. C.S. Lewis

    Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

  • 785. Donald Curtis

    Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being

  • 786. Interesting fact

    There is a compound called geosmin which gives rain its distinct smell. Humans are very sensitive to it and are capable of detecting it at very low levels, similar to how sharks are able to detect blood

  • 787. Miriam Beard

    Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living

  • 788. Fact about economics

    The idea of universal basic income dates back to the sixteenth century. It was mentioned in Thomas Moore’s Utopia

  • 789. Richelle E. Goodrich

    A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot

  • 790. Fact about space

    Jupiter has such a strong gravitational pull that it attracts most of the asteroids in the solar system, thus being the primary reason the majority of potentially harmful asteroids do not reach the Earth

  • 791. Will Rogers

    Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like

  • 792. Kimora Lee Simmons

    The journey teaches you as you go; sometimes you have to just jump in and you're going to figure it out as you go

  • 793. Francis Bacon

    Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read

  • 794. Fact about space

    Some scientists believe that Neptune is not the last planet of the Solar System and that there is the so-called Planet Nine, five to ten times larger than the Earth, that has thus far remained undetected

  • 795. Mark Twain

    Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven

  • 796. Scientific fact

    Tomatoes have more genes than humans. This vegetable contains 31,760 genes – that is 7,000 more genes than a human

  • 797. Fact about sports

    Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at twenty degrees Celsius. The temperature of a tennis ball affects how it bounces

  • 798. Fact about music

    Chill music makes people more generous. A study made listeners play a game, in which they were dictators handing out rations to their citizens. Those who heard the chill songs were far more generous than the others

  • 799. Roger A. Caras

    Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks

  • 800. Benjamin Harrison

    I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth shall starve in the process

  • 801. Jack Kerouac

    Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life

  • 802. Fact about food

    Although it’s unclear where fortune cookies were invented, it certainly wasn't in China. Most likely, they originate from the cookies that the Japanese immigrants popularized in the United States in the 19th century

  • 803. Jules Verne

    The sea is everything. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides

  • 804. Proverb

    A barking dog never bites is what they say about people who would threaten others, but never act upon those threats

  • 805. Historical fact

    Caligula is famous for a lot of things, but one of his strangest decisions was to make his favorite horse a senator

  • 806. Historical fact

    John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both contributed to the American Constitution, both served as vice president and president, both died on the same day, which happened to be the 50th anniversary of the Independence Day

  • 807. Fact about arts

    A French acrobat named Jules Leotard invented the famous ballet garment, or leotard, in 1859 to show off his muscles

  • 808. Fact about sports

    Although soccer is the most popular sport in the world, it is only the fifth most popular sport in the United States

  • 809. Emily Dickinson

    Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all

  • 810. Fact about flora

    Most orchids don’t produce nectar, so in order to lure pollinators, their flowers visually resemble a female wasp and produce a scent that attracts male wasps. The wasps pollinate the plant as they try to mate with it

  • 811. Jane Austen

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

  • 812. Fact about economics

    Japan has one of the highest densities of vending machines in the world, with one for every 40 people in the country

  • 813. Historical fact

    One of the U.S. Presidents, Zachary Taylor, passed away because he overdosed on the combination of cherries and milk

  • 814. Fact about food

    The Caesar salad did not originate in Italy, but was, in fact, invented by a Caesar. In 1924, Caesar Cardini, an Italian Mexican, came up with the recipe of the salad in his restaurant in a Mexican city called Tijuana

  • 815. Charles Dickens

    It is a world of disappointment: often to the hopes we most cherish, and hopes that do our nature the greatest honour

  • 816. Fact about politics

    The British Empire was the largest empire in world history. In the 1920s, it controlled 23% of the world’s population

  • 817. Avicenna

    The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes

  • 818. Fact about economics

    The income gap between poor and rich countries is possible not because of the differences in salaries, but because of immigration controls. Otherwise, the poor workforce would have already supplanted the expensive one

  • 819. Marcus Aurelius

    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane

  • 820. Scientific fact

    Despite his extensive work as a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking never received any Nobel Prizes

  • 821. Fact about the world

    If you go deeper than 30 feet (9.14 m) underwater, blood will appear green to you, because there is no red light there

  • 822. Fact about entertainment

    The Hollywood sign was not always meant to advertise movies and the glorious life of entertainment. Originally, it was just a huge billboard to attract potential home buyers to settle in the new California neighborhood

  • 823. Animal fact

    In India, parrots are classified as a wild species of bird, therefore it is prohibited to cage one and keep it at home

  • 824. Madame de Staël

    Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end

  • 825. Fact about food

    White chocolate does not contain any real chocolate. Instead, it is generally made of sugar, vanilla and milk products

  • 826. Fact about economics

    In reality, there is no such thing as “free market”. There is no real-life example of a government not being involved in the market in one way or another, and the market itself has always been very politically motivated

  • 827. Tacitus

    We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched

  • 828. Historical fact

    Australia used to be a British penal colony from 1787 to 1868, so the first police force there consisted entirely of convicts

  • 829. Scientific fact

    If you get exposed to radiation, you need to get naked. This will remove 90% of the radioactive substance you were exposed to

  • 830. Fact about drinks

    It is a common misconception that the British drink the most tea in the world. According to recent statistics, it is Turkey where people drink the most tea per capita (around 7 pounds (3.18 kg) of tea per person a year)

  • 831. Fact about the world

    It would take you approximately eighteen months to walk all the way along The Great Wall of China. It’s over 5,000 miles long

  • 832. Marcus Aurelius

    When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

  • 833. Fact about arts

    A major 20th-century French painter and sculptor Georges Braque was the first living person to have art displayed in the Louvre

  • 834. Fact about flora

    The most expensive flower ever sold is a human-made Shenzhen Nongke Orchid. It took around 8 years to develop. Besides, it only blooms once every 4 to 5 years. In 2005, it was sold at auction for an astonishing $202,000

  • 835. Fact about sports

    Golf is the only sport to ever be played outside the Earth. American Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the moon in 1971

  • 836. Fact about space

    Saturn is the lightest planet of the solar system. In fact, if it were put in an incredibly large pool of water, it would float

  • 837. Gilbert K. Chesterton

    The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land

  • 838. Fact about flora

    While cherry pits are unlikely to cause intoxication if swallowed whole, chewing on them might be dangerous, as cherry pits contain amygdalin – a chemical that your body converts into the toxic compound hydrogen cyanide

  • 839. Fact about arts

    To Kill a Mockingbird is Harper Lee's only novel, even though it won a Pulitzer Prize and spent 88 weeks on the bestseller list

  • 840. Oscar Wilde

    Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success

  • 841. Beau Taplin

    Home is not where you are from, it is where you belong. Some of us travel the whole world to find it. Others, find it in a person

  • 842. Animal fact

    Stone fish, which is common in Australia, is almost impossible to notice among rocks at the bottom of the ocean, but it is the most venomous fish in the world and its sting, if untreated, can kill a person within 2 hours

  • 843. Fact about books

    In Iraq, booksellers just leave books outside at night unattended because "the reader does not steal and the thief does not read"

  • 844. Life hack

    Mindfulness meditation can help reduce anxiety, pain, and gray matter in the brain, even if it's just five minutes in the morning

  • 845. Animal fact

    Hippos can't swim well and the only reason they spend the majority of their lives in water is to protect their very sensitive skin

  • 846. Fact about books

    Since Harry Potter was deemed to be a "book for boys" before its publication and boys preferred to buy books written by male authors, Joanne Rowling was asked to take on a male pen-name. That’s how J.K. Rowling came to be

  • 847. Interesting fact

    German ship disguised as a British ocean liner ran into a real British ocean liner, resulting in the victory for the British forces

  • 848. Historical fact

    After being told he couldn't keep dogs on campus, Lord Byron brought a bear as his pet. It was his protest against the college rules

  • 849. Scientific fact

    Earth’s oxygen is produced by the ocean. Plankton, seaweed, and other photosynthesizers produce more than half of the world’s oxygen

  • 850. Fact about food

    Fatty fish is excellent for your brain for one simple reason that it contains Omega 3. Around 60% of human brain is fat, and around a half of that is Omega 3 fatty acids, so food rich in Omega 3 is essential for the brain

  • 851. Animal fact

    Giant sloths are actually very good swimmers and are capable of holding their breath for 40 minutes - longer than seals and dolphins

  • 852. Scientific fact

    Humans have genes from other species. Our genome consists of as many as 145 genes that have jumped from bacteria, fungi, and viruses

  • 853. Historical fact

    Nikola Tesla never found a person to marry, but he admitted to falling in love with a white pigeon, which he considered very special

  • 854. Fact about economics

    The U.S. government earns money just because it has the monopolistic right to print dollars. The process is known as seigniorage, and it is the difference between the cost to produce a bill or a coin, and its actual value.

  • 855. Fact about flora

    90 percent of the plant-based foods we eat come from just 30 plants out of tens of thousands of plant species that grow on our planet

  • 856. Scientific fact

    Hawaii is moving closer to Alaska by three inches (7.5 cm) every year. This is caused by tectonic plates which are in constant motion

  • 857. Fact about arts

    In 1961, Henri Matisse’s painting Le Bateau was hung upside down at New York’s Museum of Modern Art for 46 days before anyone noticed

  • 858. Fact about food

    The bananas we buy and eat are of the Cavendish variety, which doesn’t have any seeds. And since it doesn’t have any seeds, farmers have to resort to cloning them. Therefore, all the bananas we eat are clones of each other

  • 859. Victor Hugo

    The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live

  • 860. Fact about space

    The light from the stars is traveling millions of light years to reach us, so we are basically gazing millions of years into the past

  • 861. Fact about space

    The most distant photograph of the Earth is called "Pale Blue Dot". It was taken from an insane distance of about 6 billion kilometers

  • 862. Fact about the world

    Nobody knows who gave Earth its name, but the word itself can be traced back to the Indo-European word for “ground”. All the other planets in our Solar System, except for our planet, were named after the Greek and Roman gods

  • 863. Fact about space

    The Sun's atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface due to the Sun's magnetic field and the energy that explodes there

  • 864. Historical fact

    Albert Einstein was emphatically unfaithful to his wife and believed that monogamy imposed by society was harmful for everyone involved

  • 865. Fact about sports

    Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, did not have to undergo gender verification at the 1976 Olympics due to “royal courtesy”

  • 866. Fact about space

    Metal doesn't spontaneously fuse on Earth because it has an oxide layer that coats it. In space, however, it is possible, and it has happened that pieces of similar metal fuse together, as space is vacuum without air or water

  • 867. Fact about Hollywood

    Ronald Reagan used to be an FBI informant in Hollywood, preparing reports on other actors if he suspected them of subversive activities

  • 868. Walter White (Breaking Bad)

    I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!

  • 869. Fact about space

    2000 was the last year on Earth for all living human beings, because since then somebody always stays on the International Space Station

  • 870. Fact about food

    Ranch dressing, just like sunscreen or regular white paint, contains titanium dioxide that makes it whiter. Although it has been deemed safe for consumption, titanium dioxide is linked to a few adverse side effects for health

  • 871. Life hack

    Knitting and crochet have physical and mental health benefits, slowing dementia, combating depression, and distracting from chronic pain

  • 872. Fact about space

    The sun rises in the west on Venus since it rotates in the opposite direction in comparison to most of the other planets, including Earth

  • 873. Historical fact

    The Vikings never, in fact, had horns of any kind on their helmets. This fashion was introduced by Wagner's costume designer in the 1870s

  • 874. Fact about flora

    Around 85% of all plant life is found in the ocean, but this is only logical since 80% of all life on Earth resides in the oceans. Still, only a tiny fraction of oceans is occupied by plants, that’s how enormous the oceans are

  • 875. Fact about flora

    Carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap do not just consume tiny insects. They are also capable of devouring small animals, such as rats

  • 876. Mother Teresa

    Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Spread love everywhere you go, let no one ever come to you without leaving happier

  • 877. Fact about sports

    The most dangerous sports in the world are thought to be running, scuba diving, canoeing, Grand Prix racing, and extreme mountain climbing

  • 878. Animal fact

    Rhinos can be extremely aggressive in the wild because they are nearly blind and incapable of telling the difference between a predator and an inanimate object, but in zoos they are reported to be very affectionate with people

  • 879. Fact about music

    Havergal Brian’s Gothic symphony requires a thousand performers. Among them, there are 800 singers, and the remaining 200 make up the orchestra

  • 880. Fact about space

    Pluto is only half as wide as the United States from the West Coast to the East, and its entire surface is smaller than the territory of Russia

  • 881. Fact about flora

    Scientists successfully brought back to life a 32,000 years old Arctic flower in Siberia after finding some seeds buried by an Ice Age squirrel

  • 882. Fact about movies

    The most profitable movie ever is the 2007 horror film Paranormal Activity, which cost about $460,000 to make and became a major box-office success, bringing a whopping 19,758 percent of investment returns (around $89 million)

  • 883. Interesting fact

    The first drive-in theater opened in 1933 in Camden, New Jersey. People watched the British comedy “Wives Beware” after paying 25 cents per car

  • 884. Fact about space

    The footsteps left on the surface of the Moon will remain there for millions of years, because the Moon has no atmosphere and therefore no wind

  • 885. Fact about flora

    The ghost flower has an outlandish white appearance and is called that because it contains no chlorophyll, the pigment which makes plants green

  • 886. Historical fact

    Although Emperor Nero was strongly influenced by his teacher Seneca, he grew increasingly paranoid at the end of his rule and ordered Seneca to end his own life after Seneca's supposed participation in a conspiracy against Nero

  • 887. Fact about sports

    The longest boxing match in history lasted 110 rounds and went on for over seven hours. It was fought between Andy Bowen and Jack Burke in 1893

  • 888. Interesting fact

    There are only three countries in the world that still officially use the imperial system, and they are Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States

  • 889. Fact about sports

    Golf ball dimples are needed to increase its flight range. The air flowing around the bumpy ball reduces the vacuum wake created by the velocity

  • 890. Fact about flora

    Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world. It can grow 3 feet (ca. 91 cm) in height in 24 hours if the weather is good enough. Bamboo produces 30% more oxygen and absorbs more carbon dioxide in comparison to other plants

  • 891. Scientific fact

    Friends share more DNA than strangers. A study discovered that the DNA between friends is more genetically similar than random pairs of strangers

  • 892. Fact about the world

    Mawsynram is a small town in India, famous for being the wettest place in the world, with an average annual rainfall of 11,871 mm (around 467 in)

  • 893. Animal fact

    Snow leopards have never killed or attacked a person because they are very shy and would prefer to run away even if you interrupted their feeding

  • 894. Animal fact

    Humpback whales are known to protect animals hunted by orcas. This is supposedly connected to the fact that orcas hunt humpback calves, so the adult whales are compelled to protect any animal in the range of orcas' hunting calls

  • 895. Fact about music

    Finland has the most metal bands per capita. In 2019 the country had some 70 bands per 100,000 people, outnumbering all the other European nations

  • 896. Interesting fact

    In South America, there are tribes deep in the Amazonian rain forests that still have had little or no contact at all with the modern civilization

  • 897. Fact about space

    The atmosphere of planet K2-141b consists of rock material, so pebbles condense out of the air, and it rains stones into the oceans of molten lava

  • 898. Fact about space

    Given the distance of our Sun from the center of the Milky Way, the Sun rotates around it once every 225-250 million years, which means the last time we were in this exact location was when the dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth

  • 899. Thomas Hobbes

    The state of men without civil society is nothing else but a mere war of all against all; and in that war all men have equal right unto all things

  • 900. Fact about music

    The founder of the iconic electric guitar and bass brand and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leo Fender never learned to play either instrument

  • 901. Fact about music

    "Jingle Bells" was originally a thanksgiving song. Written by James Lord Pierpont and published in 1857, it was meant to be sung during Thanksgiving

  • 902. Fact about flora

    The Castor Bean Plant is the most poisonous plant in the world. Just 4 seeds of this plant can kill an adult human being. It is still widely used in cosmetics, including hair and skin care products, as well as for medicinal purposes

  • 903. Arthur Ashe

    One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. One key to reducing stress is physical activity

  • 904. Interesting fact

    Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie. They promoted upcoming movies but were ineffective, as the audience wouldn’t stay to watch them

  • 905. Fact about sports

    NHL players are not permitted to tuck their jersey into their pants in such a manner where the top padding of the pants is exposed outside the jersey

  • 906. Fact about theaters

    The Palace Theatre of London had two seats permanently bolted open for the theater ghosts to sit in, so the public never used them. That was until Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which sold so well these two seats had to come back

  • 907. Historical fact

    The Maya had their skulls deformed because it was considered beautiful. Moreover, it was common to drill holes in their teeth and insert jewels there

  • 908. Fact about sports

    The phrase “win hands down” was initially in reference to a jockey, who would win a race without pulling the reins of the horse or whipping the horse

  • 909. Scientific fact

    The sun doesn’t change color during sunset. We only see it that way because the sun’s wavelengths react to the different substances in the atmosphere

  • 910. Fact about food

    The sensation you get after eating a chili pepper is not a physical reaction. The pepper doesn't burn your tongue, but it does contain a chemical that tricks your pain receptors into thinking you are consuming something extremely hot

  • 911. Scientific fact

    The human stomach can dissolve razor blades. The PH level in the stomach is so high that it can dissolve metal. But don't swallow razor blades anyway!

  • 912. Fact about arts

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first writer to use the term “T-shirt”. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it appeared in This Side of Paradise in 1920

  • 913. Fact about food

    The famous Hawaiian pizza with pineapples did not originate in Hawaii. It was actually created in Canada in 1962 by Sam Panopoulos, a Greek restaurant owner

  • 914. Fact about food

    A lot of food is not sold in the United States just because it looks ugly. According to certain studies, around 40% of fruit and vegetables are not sold because supermarkets refuse to accept them for being too unappealing to consumers

  • 915. Scientific fact

    Water can exist in three states at once. This is called the Triple Boil, and at that temperature, water exists as a gas, a liquid and a solid simultaneously

  • 916. Fact about space

    In about 4.5 billion years, the Milky Way will collide with the rapidly approaching Andromeda Galaxy, and this collision will be the end of these two galaxies

  • 917. Fact about space

    Neptune, the blue planet, has the strongest winds of the entire Solar System. With speeds of 1,100 mph, the winds are 1.5 times faster than the speed of sound

  • 918. Historical fact

    Commodus was a Roman emperor who was such a regular visitor of the gladiator fights that he started participating in them. Since it was against the law to harm the Emperor, he never lost a single fight out of his 735 gladiator contests

  • 919. Fact about the world

    The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour. In 1996, a tropical cyclone named Olivia hit off the coast of Barrow Island, Australia

  • 920. Historical fact

    It's estimated that less than 1% of all the species on Earth have been fossilized, so 99% of life that used to exist on this planet will forever remain unknown

  • 921. Interesting fact

    The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles originally spelled out "Hollywoodland" when it was first erected in 1923. The sign was created as a real-estate advertisement

  • 922. Fact about flora

    Many kinds of plants are able to tell what season it is, even if the temperatures are unstable. The winter might have warm days, but many plants will not start growing, because they are sensitive to the amount of sunlight and day length

  • 923. Historical fact

    The outside of the Colosseum was entirely covered with rich marble. Most of it was removed for other construction purposes when the Amphitheater fell in disuse

  • 924. Fact about food

    Arachibutyrophobia is the irrational fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of one’s mouth. It can be caused by the choking sensation that it could trigger

  • 925. Scientific fact

    Helium changes our voice because of its density. Since helium is less dense than oxygen, our voice travels over two times faster than usual and makes us sound weird

  • 926. Fact about drinks

    Bottled water has an expiration date, though it has nothing to do with the water itself, but rather with the bottle it’s stored in. Plastic bottles eventually start releasing chemicals into the water, which makes it taste stale and strange

  • 927. Historical fact

    In Ancient Egypt, the pharaohs and other high officials had special servants that would be killed upon their master's passing in order to serve him in the afterlife

  • 928. Animal fact

    Ravens remember faces well and connect them to certain experiences, which is why they are capable of holding a grudge against people who did something wrong to them

  • 929. Fact about music

    Singing in a group boosts your mood. When you sing with others, your body releases feel-good hormones, like oxytocin, and reduces stress-causing ones, like cortisol

  • 930. Historical fact

    In Japan, there were also female samurai warriors who were trained in martial arts and strategy the same way as men. While male samurai preferred the katana, their female counterparts generally used the naginata, a spear with a curved blade

  • 931. Fact about arts

    The record for the youngest artist of the world is held by Arushi Bhatnagar, a toddler from India. She had her first solo exhibition when she was only 11 months old

  • 932. Fact about music

    A study conducted by South Korean scientists from the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology found that plants grow faster when music is played around them

  • 933. Fact about arts

    Although he is most well-known for his visual artwork, Michelangelo was also a poet. He was said to have produced hundreds of madrigals and sonnets during his career

  • 934. Fact about the world

    Although Denmark might seem like a tiny country, the Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, has the territory of 2,210,579 square km (853,509 square mi), making it the second largest in Europe after Russia

  • 935. Fact about food

    Regular consumption of fast food has the same negative impact on your liver as hepatitis, due to all the saturated fats and harmful additives that fast food contains

  • 936. Fact about arts

    Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past is the longest book in the world at 9,609,000 characters. The book tells the story of the narrator’s experiences growing up

  • 937. Fact about space

    There is no such thing as the center of the Universe, since all the galaxies would have been gravitating towards it, but they are pushing away from each other instead

  • 938. Fact about economics

    China is the biggest exporter of goods in the world, and it depends on the exports for its employment growth. Therefore, by extension, China depends on the United States, the biggest importer of goods in the world, for its economic development

  • 939. Fact about arts

    Capoeira was created by enslaved Africans in Brazil. African slaves were prohibited from practicing martial arts. Therefore, they developed a mix of dancing and fighting

  • 940. Animal fact

    Squids have a ring-shaped brain with their esophagus running through the hole in it. Therefore, they cannot eat big pieces of food because it can cause them brain damage

  • 941. Fact about space

    Planet J1407b has the ring system which is 200 times larger than that of Saturn (with around 30 rings). Each of those rings are tens of millions of kilometers in diameter

  • 942. Fact about flora

    There are many reasons as to why trees are able to live for hundreds, even thousands of years. One of them is something called “negligible senescence”, which means that instead of declining in health with age, some trees actually become healthier

  • 943. Historical fact

    In 1518, people of Strasbourg contracted a strange disease and started dancing nonstop for weeks. Reportedly, as many as 400 people danced until falling unconscious from exhaustion

  • 944. Fact about food

    Initially, carrots were purple and white. The orange variety that we know now is the result of a genetic mutation that eventually dominated over the original one in the 16th century

  • 945. Historical fact

    Japan was closed to the world for 217 years (1635-1852) due to the law known as the Sakoku Edict. The Sakoku Edict banned all traveling from and to Japan, except for a few merchants

  • 946. Fact about flora

    The baobab tree common in Africa can store 1,000 to 120,000 liters of water in its trunk. They say, if you pick a flower from this tree, you will be eaten by a lion. But if you drink water with baobab seeds, you will never be attacked by a crocodile

  • 947. Interesting fact

    Thailand hosts the Monkey Buffet Festival annually, where they give 4.5 tons of fruits, sweets, and vegetables to the 3,000 monkeys that live around the temple of Phra Prang Sam Yot

  • 948. Fact about sports

    A one-armed player scored the winning goal in the first World Cup. Héctor Castro played on the Uruguay soccer team and scored the winning goal during the first-ever World Cup in 1930

  • 949. Fact about economics

    The worst case of hyperinflation of all time happened in Hungary in 1946, with monthly inflation rate as high as 41.9 quadrillion percent and all the prices doubling every 15.3 hours

  • 950. Fact about the world

    The Yoruba people in the southwest part of Nigeria are known to give birth to more twins, proportionately, than anywhere else in the world. The only explanation is that they regularly eat a type of yam that could have a stimulating effect for ovaries

  • 951. Scientific fact

    Time goes faster at the top of the building than at the bottom. According to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, the farther an object is from the Earth’s surface, the faster time passes

  • 952. Fact about the world

    The Eternal Flame Falls in New York hides a flicker of fire, visible throughout most of the year. At the waterfall's base there is a natural gas grotto that perpetually feeds the flame

  • 953. Fact about space

    There may be multiple (if nor infinite) universes, as the astonishing expansion after the Big Bang may have led to quantum fluctuations which caused separate bubble universes to appear

  • 954. Fact about food

    Wild salmons are pink because they eat a lot of shrimp, but farm-raised salmons, commonly present in our shops, have a different diet and therefore are naturally white. Farmers dye them pink because of our perception of what a salmon should look like

  • 955. Interesting fact

    “To Have and Have Not” is the only instance when a Nobel prize-winning author was adapted for the screen by another Nobel-winning author. They were Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner

  • 956. Fact about arts

    Ancient Greek and Roman statues were not white. Recent technologies confirmed that the sculptures were painted with different colors. In time, paint faded and disappeared due to weather

  • 957. Scientific fact

    Clouds are not weightless. The average cumulus cloud can weigh up to a million pounds. That’s about as heavy as the world’s largest jet when it’s completely full of cargo and passengers

  • 958. Fact about the world

    The enigmatic 2,000-year-old Nazca Lines are located in Peru and remain one of the biggest mysteries of archeology. They represent various animals, plants, and scenes but are only visible from high above, so the scientists still debate the purpose of them

  • 959. Animal fact

    Female orcas go through menopause and act as grandmothers for their children's children. It is likely to increase the cubs' life expectancy as they receive more knowledge and experience

  • 960. Fact about space

    The temperature of the Universe (the cosmic microwave background) is surprisingly uniform everywhere, which is very strange since some parts of space should never have come into contact

  • 961. Fact about flora

    Beautiful orchids sold in shops are actually decades old, since the plants take about five to seven years to bloom once germinated. These plants also have a life span of around 100 years

  • 962. Fact about the world

    Ethiopia has a different calendar, which is similar to the Julian calendar people used to follow before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. It means that the country is almost 8 years behind the Western calendar. They also have 13 months instead of 12

  • 963. Interesting fact

    Everyone on Earth is at most fiftieth cousin with everyone else. And people that share the same ethnicity and live in the same country are likely to be related within 10 past generations

  • 964. Fact about sports

    Sheep Counting is an official sport in Australia. About 400 sheep make a mad dash past ten competitors, who will try to count them. Whoever makes the most accurate estimate is the winner

  • 965. Fact about music

    Musicians have shorter lifespans than everyday people. A study on 12,665 pop artists who passed away between 1950 and 2014 found that they tend to die at younger ages than the average man

  • 966. Fact about economics

    Around 90% of the most advanced chips are produced in Taiwan. It is also the unmatched leader of the global semiconductor industry, accounting for 50% of the world market, making the country almost indispensable for global economy and technological development

  • 967. Fact about space

    Almost all hydrogen atoms were formed during the Big Bang 13,7 billion years ago, and as we carry hydrogen atoms in our bodies, at least some part of us dates back to the beginning of time

  • 968. Fact about food

    If an adult human being had an unlimited supply of breast milk, they could live just consuming that. Breast milk contains all the nutrients and vitamins that the human body could ever need

  • 969. Fact about music

    Music is physically good for your heart. It promotes a healthy cardiovascular system by triggering physiological changes that modulate blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory functions

  • 970. Fact about economics

    Africa has not always been stagnant. Its adverse economic conditions now can and should be traced to the free-market policies imposed on the continent by the developed countries via the so-called Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) of the World Bank and the IMF

  • 971. Fact about food

    Altitude makes some food taste different due to changes it causes in people’s body. According to some studies, our perception of sweetness and saltiness reduces by 30 percent while flying on a plane

  • 972. Historical fact

    In 1233, Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were linked to devil worship, and ordered to exterminate them. This so-called "war on cats" probably helped rats to spread the bubonic plague in the 1300s

  • 973. Animal fact

    Cheetahs in captivity tend to be very stressed and too shy to mate. That's why many enclosures with cheetahs have dogs in them, assigned by the zoo for emotional support and socialization of cheetahs

  • 974. Fact about food

    There is no clear link between the intake of MSG and any of the harmful side effects attributed to it. MSG is basically sodium (regular salt) and glutamate acid (an amino acid, which is naturally present in a lot of products, such as walnuts, tomatoes, and asparagus)

  • 975. Fact about books

    The first ebook in the world is The Declaration of Independence, released in 1971. Michael Stern Hart transcribed it and made it available for everyone for free, starting the famous Project Gutenberg

  • 976. Historical fact

    The Boston Tea Party did not occur due to a new tax hike on tea, as the Tea Act didn't raise any prices. But many other taxes had been lifted, except for tea, which did not sit well with the colonists

  • 977. Fact about movies

    The famous charcoal painting of Kate Winslet you can see in Titanic was drawn by James Cameron, the very same director of the movie. Apparently, movie-making is not the only amazing talent Cameron has

  • 978. Fact about economics

    According to some researchers, the established Dollar-Wall Street Regime, based on the US dollar as the international currency and the centrality of international private financial markets, allows the United States to have a decisive say in the international financial affairs

  • 979. Fact about space

    Since every star has at least one planet rotating around it, the Milky Way galaxy is believed to contain a minimum of 100 billion planets. As a point of comparison, 1 billion seconds is nearly 32 years

  • 980. Historical fact

    The bloodiest siege took place in Leningrad, USSR during the Second World War. Although people were left with barely any resources during 900 days of the siege, they were determined to protect the city

  • 981. Fact about movies

    The “digital rain” in The Matrix, the code that creates the fake reality where people live, is actually quite innocuous. The production team simply scanned the characters from a Japanese sushi recipe book

  • 982. Fact about flora

    The titan arum is the largest unbranched flower in the world. It is also known as the corpse flower, because it produces a smell like that of rotting meat. The flower developed this smell to be pollinated by flies instead of partaking in the competition for butterflies and bees

  • 983. Fact about food

    Although parents like to tell their kids that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, the phrase itself was invented by a food company and was just a marketing slogan to sell more breakfast cereal

  • 984. Scientific fact

    Most dinosaurs are known from just a single tooth or bone. Complete fossils are extremely rare. Instead, archaeologists study traces such as loose teeth, bones, or tracks in order to identify the dinosaurs

  • 985. idioms

    The phrase "when pigs fly" is used to describe something unlikely to happen. It comes from the phrase "pigs fly with their tails forward", used in the 17th century as a reply to overly optimistic statements

  • 986. Fact about flora

    The world's largest tree is the Hyperion, which is a coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and is located somewhere in the heart of Redwood National Park in California. It is a whopping 380 feet (ca. 116 m) tall and its exact location is kept a secret from the public to protect the tree

  • 987. Fact about music

    There is a song that is only silence. Composer John Cage released it in 1952. The song lets the audience listen to the silence for four minutes and 33 seconds. The idea is to show that any sound can be music

  • 988. Fact about the world

    Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world. It is located in Russian Siberia and has the average winter temperature of around -50° C (-58° F). The lowest temperature ever recorded there was -64.4° C (-83.9° F)

  • 989. Fact about flora

    According to certain studies, plants exhibit competitive behavior in terms of access to water and nutrients among strangers of the same species, but they are more accepting and accommodating to their siblings

  • 990. Fact about flora

    When French colonists brought vanilla to Europe and Africa, no insect would pollinate the plant, which made it impossible to mass produce it. In 1841, Edmond Albius, a slave, invented a quick way of hand pollination that revolutionized the production of vanilla and that is used to this day

  • 991. Animal fact

    Almost all sea snakes are venomous, and some of them are even more toxic than the King Cobra, the deadliest snake in the world. It is linked to their evolution from the extremely poisonous snakes in Australia

  • 992. Scientific fact

    Hot water freezes faster than cold water. It's called the Mpemba effect. This is because the velocities of water particles have a specific disposition while they’re hot that allows them to freeze more readily

  • 993. Fact about Hollywood

    Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the only star not located on the pavement; instead, it is placed on the wall of the Kodak Theatre as per his request that he “did not want to be walked on”

  • 994. Fact about flora

    While it is true that apple seeds do produce apple trees, these trees will not be of the same kind. Seeds from a McIntosh apple will not produce a McIntosh apple tree. The apples we generally eat come from tree grafting, i.e. cutting branches from original trees and sticking them into other trees

  • 995. Animal fact

    Panther is not a separate species of big cats. It is a genus comprising the tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Any of these big cats with a mutation that causes melanism are called "black panthers"

  • 996. Animal fact

    Musth is a natural phenomenon in bull elephants which is characterized by increased reproduction hormones. During this period, elephants are always very aggressive and dangerous, killing up to 500 people a year

  • 997. Fact about flora

    The tropical white morning-glory, or moonflower, is a flower that blooms at night and closes during the day. All parts of this plant are incredibly toxic to people and animals alike and should never be ingested

  • 998. Fact about flora

    A lot of plants, when attacked by insects, release a distress chemical that might help them get out of this situation by attracting predators, such as birds or wasps. They would eat the insect and save the plant

  • 999. Animal fact

    The cuckoos do not only plant their eggs into other birds' nests, but also make sure the egg remains there. If the host bird rejects the cuckoo's egg, the cuckoo returns to destroy the nest and kill all the chicks

  • 1000. Fact about economics

    Although developing countries are encouraged to adopt market-oriented policies, state-led development has almost always yielded significantly better results for such countries. And in reality, all developed countries became rich via strong government intervention on the earlier stages of their development

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Eating carrots does not improve your vision

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Samoa, it's a crime to forget your own wife's birthday

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Colds are caused by viruses, not exposure to cold temperatures

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    There are individuals who taste-test dog food to ensure its quality

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Thailand, it's illegal to leave your house without wearing underwear

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Atlantis is just a myth, but the lessons we learn from it are very real

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Pet psychologists may use pet horoscopes to understand behavioral traits

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    More than 600,000 attempts to break Guinness World Records are made annually

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Morells, a unique family, have adopted over 70 children from around the world

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The longest beard ever recorded measured over 17 feet and belonged to Hans Langseth

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Storm chasers use specialized vehicles with reinforced armor to get close to tornadoes

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Aiko Nakagawa ran 105 marathons in a single year, setting a remarkable world record

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Cuddlers may attend "cuddle parties" where groups gather to share platonic affection

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Muscle doesn't turn into fat when you stop exercising; muscle and fat are different tissues

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 pm in an apartment building

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Underwater welders combat the forces of the sea to repair pipelines, ships, and oil rigs

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    On 'Wet Monday,' a Polish spring tradition, people playfully sprinkle each other with water

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Some linguistic anthropologists study endangered languages to preserve cultural heritage

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Many believe that vikings wore horned helmets, but there’s no evidence they did in battle

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Charlotte Lee's rubber duck collection numbered over 8,000, setting a quirky world record

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Professional Sleeper, wherein individuals are hired to test the comfort of beds and mattresses

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Donald A. Gorske consumed over 26,000 Big Macs, earning him the record for most Big Macs eaten

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Many people think Napoleon Bonaparte was short, but he was actually average height for his time

  • Rare Level. World record

    The world’s largest pizza had an area of 13,580.28 square feet. It was created in Italy in 2012

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Germany, it's customary to wish someone a happy birthday only directly on the day or after it

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Toccoa family had quintuplets without fertility treatments, a one in 55 million chance event

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Baldness doesn't come from maternal genes; both maternal and paternal genes contribute to hair loss

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The world’s tallest man ever recorded was Robert Wadlow, standing at 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 meters) tall

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    The full moon does not actually lead to more crime or psychological problems, despite popular belief

  • Rare Level. Fact about Huli Wigmen

    Huli Wigmen create elaborate wigs from their own hair and wear them as a symbol of status and identity

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Habsburg family's extensive inbreeding led to a distinctive jaw deformity known as the "Habsburg lip"

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine, holds the record as the oldest living tree at over 4,800 years

  • Rare Level. Fact about Maasai

    Maasai warriors are known for their intricate beadwork and jumping dances, symbolizing strength and agility

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Imperial House of Japan, also known as the Yamato dynasty, is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Milan, Italy, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Many popular myths suggest that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but in reality, it often does

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The highest mountain ever climbed is, of course, MT. Everest, whose peak reaches an elevation of 29,029 feet

  • Rare Level. Fact about Dani

    The Dani people engage in a tradition called "pig festival," where pigs are sacrificed to ensure good fortune

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The deepest parts of the ocean are less explored than the surface of the moon concealing world within a world

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Imperial House of Japan, also known as the Yamato dynasty, is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Toda

    The Toda people consider their buffaloes to be sacred animals, and much of their daily life revolves around them

  • Rare Level. Swedish Tradition

    In Sweden, a tradition called 'fika' involves taking a pause in the day to enjoy coffee and sweets with friends

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    A family of three generations living nomadically aboard a sailboat, embracing the seas as their global backyard

  • Rare Level. Fact about Surma

    Surma men engage in stick-fighting known as "Donga," a ritual to prove their strength and attract potential brides

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The vaults beneath the Bank of England are said to house enough gold to create a golden pathway from London to Paris

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Sentinelese

    The Sentinelese are the most isolated tribe in the world, and they have made it clear that they want to be left alone

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Exotic ice cream flavor tester is a job where you get to travel the world to create the most unique ice cream flavors

  • Rare Level. English Tradition

    In England, it's customary to tell someone 'Mind the gap' when alighting from the tube, a phrase as iconic as Big Ben

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Borgia family in Renaissance Italy was infamous for hosting lavish parties where guests were unknowingly poisoned

  • Rare Level. Canadian law

    It is illegal to eat ice cream on Bank street in Ottawa on Sunday. Any other day is good, just keep it indoors on Sunday

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Himba

    The Himba use otjize paste, a mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment, to protect their skin from the harsh desert climate

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Bruce Lee's family followed an unconventional health regimen, including drinking his own urine for purported health benefits

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Asaro Mudmen

    The Asaro Mudmen from Papua New Guinea wear large clay masks and mud to look like spirits, scaring their enemies in battle

  • Rare Level. Popular Myth

    Eating at night doesn't make you gain more weight; weight gain is determined by overall calorie intake, not the time of day

  • Rare Level. Italian Tradition

    Italians have an evening tradition known as 'la passeggiata,' where locals take a leisurely stroll through the main streets

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Jackson 5's debut album was released before Michael Jackson's voice broke, leading many to believe it was a girl singing

  • Rare Level. Fact about Mursi

    Mursi women wear lip plates, a cultural tradition where their lower lips are stretched to accommodate large decorative plates

  • Rare Level. Popular myth

    Chameleons change colors not to camouflage themselves, but to regulate their temperatures or communicate with other chameleons

  • Rare Level. French Tradition

    In France, it's customary to greet people with a cheek kiss, known as 'la bise,' which varies in number depending on the region

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (France) who lived to 122 years and 164 days

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The vaults beneath the Vatican are so secretive that only a select few will ever witness what truly lies within its guarded walls

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Multiple members of the Hemingway family, including Ernest Hemingway, died by suicide, leading to speculation about a family curse

  • Rare Level. World record

    The world’s longest-lasting kiss took over fifty-eight hours. It took place to mark the sharing of love on Valentine’s Day in 2013

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    The job of an 'odor judge' involves sniffing volunteers' breath, feet, and armpits to evaluate the effectiveness of hygiene products

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Argentina, it's considered a gesture of friendship and trust for locals to offer a sip of their yerba mate through a shared straw

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Iceberg mover is an extraordinary job that became notable after the sinking of the Titanic to prevent such disasters from reoccurring

  • Rare Level. Popular myth

    There is no universal sign language. There are variations depending on the country and region you're in, just like any other language

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    Access to the Lascaux caves, famous for paleolithic cave paintings, is severely restricted to preserve the ancient artwork from damage

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Mantawai

    The Mentawai people sharpen their teeth to points, a tradition believed to enhance one’s beauty and connection with the spiritual world

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The sealed chamber of the Great Sphinx is rumored to hold secrets of a lost civilization, yet remains untouched by modern archaeologists

  • Rare Level. Spanish Tradition

    In Spain, eating twelve grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve is believed to bring good luck for the upcoming twelve months

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Golf ball divers retrieve golf balls from bodies of water in or around golf courses. The golf balls are then cleaned up, repackaged, and resold

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In some parts of Italy, throwing old dishes out of the window on New Year's Eve is a tradition to let go of past troubles and start afresh

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    The Fugates, a family with a rare genetic condition causing blue skin, lived in the hills of Kentucky and were known as the 'Blue Fugates'

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Odor judges or paper towel sniffers are hired by paper towel manufacturers. You’d be sniff testing products to check if they smell good or not

  • Rare Level. Interesting Fact

    In Mexico it is customary to celebrate day of the dead, where families create altars to honor and remember their deceased loved ones

  • Rare Level. World record

    The youngest person to climb Mount Everest is Jordan Romero. The American teen was 13 years old when he reached the summit, accompanied by his father

  • Rare Level. South Korean custom

    Avoid using red ink for writing names of your friends in South Korea. In the past, red ink was used to write the names of the deceased on the family register

  • Rare Level. Popular myth

    Not all deserts are hot. Deserts are not defined by their temperatures, but by their lack of precipitation. There are some deserts that experience brutal cold

  • Rare Level. Fact about inventions

    The Japanese created a bitescan — a special device that measures your chewing strokes. It helps to analyze your eating habits, from how much you eat to how quickly

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Snowfall in a hot desert may seem a contradiction, but snow has been recorded several times in the Sahara Desert over the last decades, most recently in January 2022

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Yanomami

    There are about 35,000 Yanomami Indians living today in South American jungles. They refrain from killing exotic birds for fear that they contain a family member's soul

  • Rare Level. Egyptian custom

    Don’t ask for salt when dining in Egypt. It is taken as an insult to the host, as Egyptians take it to mean that you are repulsed by the taste of the meal served to you

  • Rare Level. Fact about inventions

    Japanese scientists designed a robotic girlfriend’s hand. A humanlike motorized hand is made for people who just want a hand to hold. It is able to heat up and even sweat

  • Rare Level. World record

    A man held his breath underwater for twenty-four minutes and thirty-seven seconds. Budimir Sobat, a resident of Croatia, set this record in 2021. The man was 56 years old

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    A man in India claimed to have lived without eating or drinking for seventy years. Prahlad Jani was an Indian breatharian monk. He said that the goddess Amba sustained him

  • Rare Level. Fact about inventions

    If work is driving you to the bottle, a flask hidden in your tie can be useful. The Flask Tie has a hidden fluid bladder and straw to make your shift go down a little easier

  • Rare Level. British law

    Pigeon poop is the property of the British Crown. In the 18th century, it was used to make gunpowder, so King George I confirmed the droppings to be the property of the Crown

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Linda Wolfe (Essex) is an American woman who holds the Guinness Record as the World's most married woman. She tied the knot 23 times. Nevertheless, she had only seven children

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Maasai

    Money isn’t the key to happiness. A group of Maasai people from East Africa were found to have a similar life satisfaction rating to those on the Forbes 400 richest Americans list

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Snake island in Brazil is packed with thousands of golden lanceheads, the most poisonous serpents on Earth. The island is so deadly that the government prohibited ever visiting it

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Water slide testers check to see if the water slides in resorts, theme parks and hotels are both fun and safe. Imagine how fantastic it would be turning up to work every single day

  • Rare Level. Venezuelan custom

    In Venezuela, it is actually a norm to arrive about 10 to 15 minutes late for a dinner invitation. Being early for the Venezuelans means the person is either overly eager or greedy

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Ziona Chana from India is known as the head of the largest family in the world. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters in-law, and 33 grandchildren — 180 family members in total

  • Rare Level. German law

    It's illegal to run out of gas on the German autobahn. You could face a big fine. Walking along the highway is unsafe, as is having your vehicle stalled on or on the side of the road

  • Rare Level. Interesing fact

    The North Sentinel Island in the Andaman chain is one of the forbidden islands in the world. The Sentinelese tribe inhabiting the island often get violent to safeguard their isolation

  • Rare Level. Russian custom

    If you have Russian business associates or friends, be careful of the flowers you give them. Avoid flowers with yellow colors, as they represent a break-up of a relationship or deceit

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Cuiva

    Hunter-gatherer tribes spend far less time working than we do. The Cuiva people of Colombia and Venezuela work for only 15-20 hours a week and spend many hours each day in their hammocks

  • Rare Level. Fact about inventions

    When your little one is exploring the world on all fours, why not have them do a little cleaning? The Baby Mop is a onesie with soft mop heads for scrubbing action. Your floors will shine

  • Rare Level. Greek custom

    For many cultures, children are told to keep their baby teeth under their pillow and the Tooth Fairy will give them money. But Greek children are told to toss their tooth onto their roofs

  • Rare Level. Japanese law

    In an effort to prevent obesity in its citizens, Japan created the Metabo Law. This requires people between the ages of 40 to 74 to have an annual waist measurement performed at the doctor

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Bobbie the Wonder Dog was a dog who covered 2,551 miles (4,105 km) on his own to return home to Silverton, Oregon, after he was lost while his owners were visiting family in Wolcott, Indiana

  • Rare Level. World record

    The skinniest waist ever was awarded to Cathie Jung in 1999. An American had a 15-inch (38-cm) waist. The woman had never had surgery to define it. She had been wearing a corset for 16 years

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    Face feelers are also known as “sensory scientists”. In this job you’d be using your hands to feel the difference in product testers’ skin both before and after they’ve used lotions and creams

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Yanomami

    Yanomami hunters never eat their own catch. They give it away to others before they even bring it home. Everyone eats something provided by someone else, fostering community spirit and cohesion

  • Rare Level. Popular myth

    Touching a toad won't give you warts. This rumor probably originated from the fact that toads themselves have wart-like bumps on their skin, but they don't secrete anything that can cause warts

  • Rare Level. Fact about jobs

    As long as there are queues in the world, professional stand-in-liners will never be out of fashion. These freelancers will happily wait in long queues for you as long as you pay them some money

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Some people marry themselves. For instance, 30-year-old Chen Wei Yih from Taiwan. She was receiving social pressure to get married, but had found no suitable partner. So the woman married herself

  • Rare Level. Australian law

    You can be fined thousands of dollars for possessing more than 50 kg of potatoes in Western Australia. The law was introduced in 1946, when post-war food security was quite pressing political issue

  • Rare Level. Fact about the Soliga

    When they harvest honey from high in the trees, the Soliga people leave some near the ground for tigers, who they consider family, because tigers cannot climb the trees and harvest honey for themselves

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Surtsey in Iceland is one of the world’s youngest islands. No visitors are allowed to visit this spot, because human intrusion will upset the ecological sequence that is currently ongoing on the island

  • Rare Level. Fact about inventions

    The urban window baby cage was used in the 1930s to give infants plenty of fresh air. However, the health benefits may have been nullified by the obvious risk of dangling a baby high above a city street

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway stores 100 million seeds from across the world to restore the plant kingdom in case anything bad happens to our planet's vegetation. The vault is closed to the public

  • Rare Level. Popular myth

    The odds are not always fifty-fifty in a coin toss. In fact, a coin is more likely to land on the face that it started on. So pay attention to which side of the coin faces the sky when you make your choice

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Peruvian actor Richard Torres married a tree in Santo Domingo. Despite being absolutely bizarre, this marriage actually intended to draw attention to the problem of illegal logging in the Dominican Republic

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Not every living thing dies. There is one species of jellyfish that doesn't technically perish. The immortal sea creature reverts back into a juvenile state after adulthood — so it can live out yet another life

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Families with two daughters are the happiest. Researchers concluded that two girls are unlikely to fight and rarely annoy their parents. But oddly enough, families with four girls were found to be the unhappiest

  • Rare Level. Interesting fact

    Fort Knox is home to the bigger half of the US gold reserves, and is often referred to as the world’s most heavily guarded place. To gain access, one needs to know several combinations, whereas each staff member knows just one of them