Vehicles & Transportation
47 Plane Awesome Facts About Airplanes
Between the years 2015 and 2020, only 0.0004 percent of all commercial flights had any injuries occur onboard.
Janet Spencer, the Trivia Queen of the Universe, lives in Montana and has spent her life gathering useless info, cool facts, and surprising stats. Janet loves sharing this knowledge with people to impress experts, amaze regular folks, and leave everyone wide-eyed! Check out the articles below that Janet Spencer has written.
Vehicles & Transportation
47 Plane Awesome Facts About Airplanes
Between the years 2015 and 2020, only 0.0004 percent of all commercial flights had any injuries occur onboard.
Fashion & Beauty
30 Comfy Facts About Birkenstocks
In 2017, Birkenstock ended its relationship with Amazon due to many similar counterfeit products being available on the site.
Food & Drink
Cops & Donuts: The World’s Greatest Love Affair
In the 1950s, bakeries often gave free donuts and coffee to cops and saved seats for them as it was cheaper than hiring security.
Sports & Activities
30 Frosty Facts About Ice Skating
The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place in 1920. Canada took gold, the U.S. got silver, and Czechoslovakia won bronze.
Celebrities & People
50 Interesting Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. spent just 13 years in the public eye. He became involved in politics at age 25 and died when he was 39.
Environment & Climate
30 Chilling Facts About Snow
The largest snowflakes ever recorded fell in Montana in 1887, measuring fifteen inches (38 cm) wide and eight inches (20 cm) deep.
Holidays & Celebrations
9 Totally Bizarre Thanksgiving Traditions
Did you know that due to its increasing usage, the word “turducken” was officially added to the dictionary in 2014?
Business & Economy
15 Ambitious Facts About Amazon
In August 2013, Amazon services went offline for about 40 minutes. It's estimated this cost the company $4.8 million in losses.
Environment & Climate
30 Terrific Facts About Trees
The thickest tree in the world has a circumference of 137.8 feet (42 m). It takes 105 men, shoulder-to-shoulder, to surround it.
Land & Water
20 Colorful Facts About Tourmaline and Opal, October’s Birthstones
Did you know that 95% of the world's opals are mined in Australian opal fields?
Mathematics & Statistics
A Quick History On The Imperial And Metric System
The U.S. remains one of only three countries still using the Imperial measurement system, along with Liberia and Myanmar.
Land & Water
16 Astonishing Facts About September’s Birthstone
Usually thought of as blue, sapphires come in many colors. These differently-colored sapphires are known as "fancy sapphires."