11 Daily Fun Facts That’ll Teach You Something New Every Day

The Mariner 10 space probe was the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of a planet to slingshot it further along in space.

From 1948 to 1958, a Florida man tricked locals into thinking a 15-foot-tall penguin had visited their local beach by wearing giant cast-iron shoes shaped like penguin feet.

Bhutan’s constitution mandates that at least 60% of the nation must remain forested. As a result, this small mountain nation is absolutely teeming with wildlife.

At the annual “Eat Beef and Scream” contest in Yufuin, Japan, participants eat local beef before screaming phrases into a decibel meter. The loudest, most unique phrase wins.

Coco Chanel’s favorite number was the number five. She thought it brought her luck, so she released Chanel No. 5 on the fifth day of May, the fifth month of the year.

McDonald’s is estimated to sell about 75 hamburgers per second globally – that’s nearly 2.4 billion burgers a year!

Sociophobia, also called social phobia or social anxiety disorder, is the fear of social situations. It was first recognized as a distinct phobia by Marks and Gelder in the 1960s.

The final Friday of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, is known as Jumu‘atul-Wida, meaning Farewell Friday.

December 5 is World Soil Day, a day that highlights the importance of healthy soil and encourages sustainable practices to protect and manage this life-supporting resource.