Interesting facts✔️

Strange and surprising facts about many different topics
written and recorded by Jaksyn Peacock

Listen & Learn: Origins of Wikipedia
Learn the story behind one of the most popular websites on the internet

Listen & Learn: Numerals
Learn why European languages use Arabic numbers

Listen & Learn: Glow-in-the-Dark Cats
Learn about the glowing cats in AIDS research

Listen & Learn: The Origins of Chess
Learn about the classic strategy game

Listen & Learn: The Origins of Fortune Cookies
Learn the story of the dessert served in American Chinese restaurants

Listen & Learn: The Autobahn
Learn about Germany’s highways with no speed limit

Listen & Learn: Blood Types
Learn why different people have different types of blood

Listen & Learn: Loanwords in English
Learn why English contains so many words from different languages

Listen&Learn: The Story of CAPTCHA
Learn how CAPTCHAs do more than catch robots

Listen&Learn: Paris Catacombs
Learn about the famous tunnels underneath Paris

Listen&Learn: The Golden Records
Learn about the records floating through space

Listen&Learn: Fingerprints
Learn why we have unique patterns on our fingers

Listen&Learn: Letter Cases
Learn why English uses two types of letters

Listen&Learn: Origins of Trick-or-treat
Learn why children ask for candy on Halloween

Listen&Learn: Doomsday Predictions
Learn about times people have predicted the end of the world