Did you ever wonder how screws came to be? Another question I had never asked myself. A screw just is, all you got to do is walked into a...

Did you know that we do not all get our milk in the same manner? Yes, technically, all animal milk comes from a mammal, whether it be a...

Did you ever wonder where that word came from? Personally, I think it is an odd-sounding word, but then the same can be said of the...

Butter, we all know it, we all use it, but did you ever wonder where it comes from? First thing first, the word butter comes from the...

Did you know that the apple is so much more than a mere fruit? The apple as we know it today comes from the malus sieversii tree, that...

Did you know that quicksand can be found pretty much everywhere in the world? What is a quicksand? A quicksand is defined as either a...

Did you ever wonder why black cats are a sign of bad luck? I guess I should start with a disclaimer, as black cats are not a universal...

Did you know that not everybody uses cardinal directions? I don’t know for you, but for me, cardinal directions are one of those things...

Did you know that Earth has 7 poles? You read right, there are 4 South Poles and 3 North Poles: 2 geographic poles, 2 magnetic poles, 2...

Did you know that the pain au chocolat, which nowadays is a French trademark, actually only made it to France in the 19th century? The...

Did you know that the first recorded flight made by man took place in the second half of the 9th century? Yes, you read correctly, we are...

Did you know that mummified bison can be eaten in a stew? Yup, I kid you not. True story! I can see some of you asking a bewildered...

Did you know that the definition of democracy is not as clear cut as one might think? Granted, this particular rabbit hole might seem a...

Did you know that piracy in the Americas could be separated into 5 eras spreading from 1500 to 1730? According to Kris E. Lane in his...

Did you know that even if you are not an adventurous Indiana Jones type, you can still go hunt for treasures, sometimes from the comfort...

Did you know that both those terms are associated with the three major monotheist religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This is an...

Did you know that a pirate, a privateer, a corsair or a buccaneer are not quite all the same things. There are also other terms out...

Did you know that following the British victory for the control of St Vincent, General Ralph Abercromby decided to depopulate the island...

Did you know that it is virtually impossible to achieve 100% pure gold. The purest type of gold currently commercially available is...

Did you know that hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are actually all the same type of storm, but have different names based on where...