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It wasn’t until 2014 that the Ball Lightening phenomenon was caught on video camera.

Did you know the word Schadenfreude is defined as the “malicious enjoyment of the misfortunes of others”?

Tulip mania took place in 17th Century Holland, starting out roughly in 1624 and hitting its peak between 1636 and 1637.

In 1955, the US exploded a nuclear bomb near some beer cans & bottles to see if the beer was drinkable after a nuclear explosion.

In Scotland, a brutally cold winter actually means more midges appear in the spring and summer.

Those trademark pirate eye-patches are nothing to do with a missing eye, but rather to see better in the dark.

Amsterdam’s infamous Eel Riots led to the deaths of 26 people - and one eel.

It was reported that Charles Darwin once gagged on a meal of brown owl, writing that the taste was "indescribable".

A "factoid" is a piece of brief or trivial information or news that is false but presented as a fact.

Stephen Hawking inspired John O’Sullivan to accidentally give us all Wi-Fi.

After Pickles the dog found the World Cup trophy, he went on to star in the feature film The Spy With The Cold Nose.

Almost half of the world’s population, that’s 3.2 billion people, tuned in to the 2014 World Cup.