Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Nearly 30,000 rubber ducks were lost a sea in 1992 and are still being discovered today.

A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”

Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter

The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it’s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it’s known as “wet water.”

Octopuses lay 56,000 eggs at a time

The mother spends six months so devoted to protecting the eggs that she doesn’t eat. The babies are the size of a grain of rice when they’re born.

Avocados were named after reproductive organs

Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America used the Nahuatl word āhuacatl to mean both “testicles” and “avocado.”

The fruits were originally marketed as “alligator pears” in the United States until the current name stuck.