Boy dolphins often try to impress girl dolphins by giving them a sponge as a gift. They also work in pairs with other males, making them one of the only species besides humans that use ‘wingmen’.

Studies show humble bragging comes off as insincere and makes people like you less than if you just shamelessly self-promote.

In the movie Titanic, the story of the old couple who died together in bed was based on real people.

When you move your eyes, your eardrums move too − even in the absence of sound.

Dogs feel vulnerable when they poop, so they often look to their owners for protection − which usually results in awkward staring.

When describing something in detail, adjectives are listed in the order of opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material and then purpose.

Tortoises and crocodiles are seemingly immune from biological aging – a phenomenon known as negligible senescence. Unlike humans, who continue to age after reaching maturity – caused by a gradual accumulation of cellular damage, tortoises, can continue to reproduce at very old ages and show few signs of functional decline as they get older. Instead, […]

According to some forty-million-year-old bones that were discovered in Antarctica, penguins used to be over six feet tall and weighed more than 250 pounds.