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
You shed your entire skin about 1000 times in your life
Your skin completely renews itself every 28-40 days, meaning you get a fresh “coat” about 12 times a year. Over an 80-year lifespan
A pig was once put on trial and executed
In 1386, a pig in Normandy was put on trial for murder after allegedly killing a child. The medieval court chained it up, held a full trial
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
With massive golf ball-sized eyes and a tiny brain, ostriches are built for seeing danger—not necessarily thinking through it
Cats can’t taste sweetness
Did you know that cats can’t taste sweetness at all? Unlike humans (who love sugar a little too much), cats lack the receptors for sweet flavors