Monopoly wasn’t meant to celebrate getting rich—it was created in 1903 by Lizzie Magie, a feminist & anti-monopolist, to critique capitalism.
A Crocodile Can’t Stick Its Tongue Out
Unlike most animals, crocodiles have a special membrane that keeps their tongue glued to the bottom of their mouth—so they can’t stick it out! 👅❌
The Kings in a deck of cards represent real historical figures
In the 16th century, French playing card makers started associating each king with a famous historical figure.
Butterflies Taste with their Feet
Their legs have special chemoreceptors that let them detect the chemical composition of plants. That’s how they know where to lay eggs and what to eat!
The University of Oxford Is Older Than the Aztec Empire
Oxford started teaching in 1096, while the Aztec Empire wasn’t founded until 1325—over 200 years later!
The First Person to Win TWO Nobel Prizes Was a Woman
She won Physics for radiation discoveries and Chemistry for isolating radium. Her groundbreaking work paved the way for modern medicine & nuclear science.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
Look closely—the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes!. Some say they faded over time, others believe Leonardo da Vinci never finished them.
Heroin was once sold as cough medicine
In the 1890s, Bayer (the aspirin company) marketed heroin as a cough suppressant—even for children
A dog earned a War Medal for the Strangest act of Bravery: Peeing.
During WWII, Juliana the Great Dane was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for an unusual act of heroism—she peed on an incendiary bomb and put out the fire! 💦💣
The name “Google” was an accidental creation
In 1997, Larry Page & Sergey Brin wanted to name their new search engine “Googol”—a math term for 1 followed by 100 zeros, symbolizing infinite data