Random Cool Facts

The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.

14

Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat

According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.

44

License plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.

26

Video Games Boost Ability to Learn Motor Skills

Playing video games like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed can boost your ability to learn motor skills.

33

There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.

22

Steve Jobs' secretary told him that she was late for work because her car wouldn't start. That very afternoon, Jobs came back and threw her a set of keys to a brand new Jaguar, saying: "Here, don’t be late anymore."

57

A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.

13

During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.

45

251 facts tagged with Cool Facts