Category: Trivia
FlipFact (January 14, 2020): Why do we see faces in strange places?
FlipFact of the Day: Leonardo da Vinci saw it as a source of artistic inspiration; Hermann Rorschach wanted to use it…
FlipFact (January 13, 2020): How and why does volcanic lightning happen?
FlipFact of the Day: On its own, a volcanic eruption is more than enough to inspire a mix of awe and…
FlipFact (January 10, 2020): Feel the need to pee? It’s (probably) not the coffee
FlipFact of the Day: For many people, starting their mornings with a cup of coffee is an absolute must, as it helps them…
Why the banana tree isn’t really a tree (the answer’s quite bananas)
RD Pixel Shop/Flickr Don’t go bananas overthinking this one: Banana trees are actually herbaceous flowering plants (herbs), and the fruits they…
FlipFact (January 8, 2020): Mice don’t like cheese—but what started this mouse-conception?
FlipFact of the Day: It’s a pop culture trope that everyone’s familiar with: A hungry mouse stumbles upon a delicious-looking wedge…
FlipFact (January 7, 2020): This moon is bigger than Mercury, but only half as massive
FlipFact of the Day: On January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei made the first recorded observation of Jupiter’s four largest satellites: Io,…
FlipFact (January 5, 2020): Tardigrades will outlast all of us (yes, even cockroaches)
FlipFact of the Day: Reading all the feats attributed to tardigrades (also known as water bears) feels like listing down a…
Louis Braille:The man who helped blind people read (and has an asteroid named after him)
The blind French educator Louis Braille invented the Braille system to enable the visually impaired to learn through the written…
This is how owls can twist their necks a la ‘The Exorcist’
Shutterstock (Updated on January 2, 2021) Ever gone owl-watching? You’ve probably seen our feathery friends rotate their heads in ways…
Got an unused calendar from 2010? You can use it in 2021
(Updated on January 1, 2021) Have you ever wondered what to do with all those old, unused calendars and planners…
