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Portrait of Charles Messier wearing formal 18th-century attire with an astronomy chart in background

In the 18th century, French astronomer Charles Messier cataloged 110 of the most fascinating astronomical objects he found while searching the night sky for comets.

Stacks of US hundred-dollar bills featuring Benjamin Franklin

The average American household debt reached around $105,000 in 2024, marking a 13% increase since 2020.

Woman touching her ear with a concerned expression

Sudden deafness is a rapid, unexplained loss of hearing that typically develops within a few days and usually affects only one ear. It occurs in about 1 in 5,000 U.S. adults each year.

A person holding a coin between their fingers, poised for a coin toss

Portland, Oregon, was named as a result of a coin toss. The choice was between Boston and Portland.

Planets orbiting a bright red dwarf star in deep space

Red dwarf stars have much less mass than other stars, allowing them to burn for trillions of years, while our Sun will fade after about ten billion years.

Large crowd of people enjoying a nighttime outdoor concert with colorful stage lights

The world’s largest open-air music festival is the annual Donauinselfest in Vienna, Austria, which attracts about 3 million attendees over three days.

Laser device emitting red light onto skin with visible hair growth

In some rare cases, laser hair removal can instead stimulate hair growth.

A fanned set of four playing cards, each showing an Ace from a different suit

When asked to name a random card, people often choose the Ace of Spades, with some studies suggesting it is picked about 25% of the time.

Alan Shepard swings a golf club on the Moon with Earth in the background

On February 6, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard became the first man to play golf on the Moon.

Colorful Sour Patch Kids candies covered in sugar

Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish are made by the same manufacturer, and red Sour Patch Kids are essentially Swedish Fish with sour sugar.

Three hands holding up clear glasses of water against a beige background

More than one billion glasses of tap water are consumed daily in the U.S.

Close-up of pitted green and black olives with a bay leaf on top

Green olives and black olives are the same fruit. The green ones are picked before ripening, while the black ones are left to ripen on the tree.

Red Coca-Cola cans surrounded by ice

In 2013, Coca-Cola’s “The AHH Effect” campaign included registering domain names from “ahh.com” to one with 61 H’s.

Hattie McDaniel, wearing a floral dress, smiles and holds her Oscar statuette

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar but had to sit at a segregated table at the ceremony due to the hotel’s racist policies.

Dirk Van Tichelt in a judo gi standing by the ocean

After winning a bronze medal in judo at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Belgian athlete Dirk Van Tichelt was assaulted and robbed while celebrating his victory.

Wan Hu sitting on a rocket-powered chair preparing for launch

According to legend, a 16th-century Chinese official named Wan Hu tried to launch himself into space using 50 gunpowder rockets strapped to a chair. He was never seen again.

Bright spiral galaxy surrounded by stars and cosmic dust in space

Galaxies are just giant collections of gas, dust, stars, and planets held together by gravity.

Colorful lottery balls with numbers

Canadian law requires citizens to answer a math question when entering sweepstakes. This is done to add some aspect of skill to the contest.

Four people standing under a large International Astronomical Union sign

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the governing body that decides on the names of stars.

VY Canis Majoris circled and marked in a star-filled night sky

VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star about 3,800 light-years from Earth, has a chance of exploding within the next 100,000 years. If it does, it would outshine the entire Milky Way.

Woman with purple hair biting a chain, wearing hoop earrings and a graphic tank top

You are ten times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.

Rugged, rocky Martian landscape under a yellow-orange sky

Mars’ soil is surprisingly nutrient-rich and would be pretty suited to growing vegetables like beans, turnips, or asparagus. Unfortunately, it’s also extremely salty and contains toxins.

Close-up map view of Turkmenistan

Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan’s dictator from 1991 to 2006, imposed some bizarre laws, including banning opera, ballet, circuses, and lip-syncing at concerts.

Storefront window with "sandwiches" written on it, reflecting a busy city street

In 1896, bars in New York often served the same sandwich to different customers all day as a loophole to avoid laws that required them to serve meals with alcohol sales.