Formula Rossa, the world’s fastest rollercoaster, can be found at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi. It’s an F1-inspired, launched roller coaster that goes 0 to 149 mph (240 km/h) in 4.9 seconds.

Turquoise Elfcup, Hairy Parachute, Cinnamon Jellybaby, Weeping Toothcrust, Witches’ Butter, Elbowpatch Crust, Hairy Nuts Disco, King Alfred’s Cakes, and Chicken of the Woods are all weird mushroom names.

Your gut is better at detecting lies than your brain. If you feel like someone is lying, even if you have no logical reason to think so, they probably are.

Hydras tear themselves a new mouth opening every time they eat.

Broccoli is a human invention. You won’t find it in the wild, as it was created by selectively breeding from wild cabbage.

The first time ‘Google’ was used as a verb on TV was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

When taught to use money, a group of capuchin monkeys responded rationally to simple incentives such as exchanging the silver discs for treats, budgeting for foods they liked and buying more of something when the price dropped.

Steve Fossett, an American businessman, and adventurer, became the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean on a solo, non-stop flight in a hot-air balloon from South Korea to Canada, 25 years ago in February 1995. In 2002 Steve also became the first person to fly around the world, alone, non-stop in a similar hot-air […]

Couples who go on a honeymoon are 41 percent less likely to file for divorce.

More than twice as many soldiers died from disease than battle injuries during the American Civil War.