10 Awesome "Fascinating" "Facts"

In a world awash with fake news and hacked elections, it’s comforting to know there are still some good, honest, salt-of-the-earth sorts out there willing to compile a list of fine, well-researched facts for your effortless entertainment and perusal; facts as totally fascinating as they are very much true*. Let this list be a damp, cool flannel glancing your fevered brow; a panacea for your purity-pursuing palette; a dose of authenticity in your falsehood-swamped, shallow existence…. So pour yourself a glass of celery juice, slip into your favourite silk kimono and edumacate your mind. Enjoy.

Gangsters speak funny and walk with a limp because they use so much of their brain swindling and pimping that walking and talking takes a backseat.


Donald Trump’s hair style is based on a type of sea urchin called a Quesma Estrangalungus, which no one has ever seen.


People who go barefoot have no soul, therefore can’t sing or dance.

Having soul is an essential ingredient for being rhythmically competent. In the same way cryptocurrencies can be stored in an offline wallet or files located in a handy flashdrive, people’s souls are often kept in the bottom of their shoes for safekeeping. The absence of said soul by those of the barefoot persuasion renders them less able to express themselves through the medium of dance or song.

Copper (Cu) used to have the chemical symbol PC, which is where the word “cops” (USA) or copper (UK) comes from. PC also meaning Police Constable.


Archeologists believe that neanderthals used clams and shark teeth to punish those who used text speak when communicating using cave paintings.

Nacho chips were originally conceived as a snack for men.

They were called Macho chips. Curious women started to take a liking to these masculine treats and would secretly peck away at them in speak-easys known as Hen dens. The popularity of the snack gained huge momentum after the Mexican feminist movement of 1925, who adopted the chip as a symbol of freedom.

Stephen King isn’t a conventional king, more a figurehead for a constitutional monarchy.


The popular game “Bingo” was invented by the creators of Pingu and was originally supposed to be a polar bear.

The origin of the idiom “Bogged down with work”

Offices in medieval England used to be situated in the marshier areas of towns and cities to keep rents down and profits high. As tasks piled up on clerical worker’s desks they created a downward pressure. This force sank desks into the peaty floor and the term “to be bogged down with work” was coined.

During Russia’s 16th century invasion of Lapland and Middle Earth, soldiers would display captured prisoners on wooden beams known as Sh(owcase) Elves – now called Shelves.


Words that sound similar often describe things that are very alike, for example Coldsores are caused by the herpes simplex virus, whilst Coleslaw is an assortment of sliced vegetables in mayonnaise.

*the adjectives “fascinating” and “true” are completely subjective and open to interpretation