AFF | Awesome Fun Facts

Where the ampersand symbol and name came from. The symbol for “&” comes from combination of letters in the Latin for “and”, “et...

For those not familiar with this term (i.e. many people outside of the United States), jaywalking is when, “A pedestrian… crosses a s...

  Myth: Duck’s quacks and wolf’s howls don’t echo. First, it was commonly held that a duck’s quack didn’t echo. The earliest place I...

Those millions of bacteria have to live somewhere. Sweat and Odor There are two universally-accepted types of sweat glands. Ecc...

  On November 30, 2012, the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s government “news” agency, reported that scientists had “reconfir...

Today I found out the first speeding infraction in the U.S. was committed by a New York City taxi driver in an electric car on May 20...

Some are awarded cash prizes by their respective local Olympic committees or governments.  Also, sometimes private businessmen will ...

  One such method of self-mummification was practiced by Japanese Shugendō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. Shugendō is a for...

  When Neil Armstrong set his left boot on the surface of the moon on July 21, 1969, becoming the first person to ever walk on the moo...

  There are a few things going on to cause this bad smell, but principally the root cause is various sulfuric compounds from the garli...