What did you first learn today?

Learning is fun. No, really! From the crazy way a starfish eats, to the people who worship turkeys, we have a bunch of surprising, silly, and just plain odd facts that you’ll want to tell your friends ...

Some of these facts sound like science fiction. Others feel like glitches in the system. All of them are real. Here are 20 ...

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Most of us walk around every day thinking we know exactly how our own skin and bones operate, but the reality is that the human body is a collection of high-tech systems that would make a sci-fi ...

-- "Mocha" coffee gets its name from a seaport in the nation of Yemen. -- Uruguay hosted, and won, soccer's first World Cup, in 1930. -- A hereditary ruler, or emir, governs each of the seven states ...

Polar bears swim faster than all other four-footed animals. They have been tracked at speeds up to 6 miles per hour, using their front paws to propel them through the water dog-paddle style. They have ...