Posts by Adan Mathews

We create new Fact Snacks for you every single day and put them up on our website. But it’s a tough road from fact to Fact Snack. More than half of our submitted, fully-researched facts never even get to be Fact Snacks. Yet here we are, dropping facts on our blog and website multiple times...

Stuck in an awkward 1:1 conversation? Hate small-talk? But still gotta fill the void with something? We’ve all been there. What you need are some random facts to throw at this unexpectedly enthusiastic person sitting next to you at the DMV. You’re welcome: 6. It’s all your parents’ fault. Sources: 1, 2, 3 6. Jimmy was an accidental jokester....

Microsoft launched a chatbot experiment named “Tay” on Twitter back in March of 2016. Tay was built to learn as she communicated with more and more people, and she started out with a pretty decent background in social media parlance like memes and emoji. At first, things seemed to be going just fine: But it...

Are you thinking about your retirement? They say it’s important, and even back in 1901, it was something people needed to think about. I mean, that’s what Annie Edson Taylor, a retired school teacher, was thinking about when she decided to ride Niagara Falls in a barrel: Sources: 1, 2 Taylor’s husband had died in...

What is a “retired” bank robber, anyhow? Does that just mean you got out before you got caught? Well, in the case of Reddit-user helloiamCLAY, who offered himself (or herself?) up for a popular AMA with tons of great stories, the answer is a bit complex: 5. “The real American Dream…” In 2005-06, I studied and perfected...

[NOTE: Antiperspirant is a type of deodorant, but it is NOT the same thing as deodorant. Antiperspirant prevents both odor and sweat. Deodorant masks odor. This is an article about antiperspirant.] Have you been putting antiperspirant on in the morning? Or – even worse – have you been putting it on after you start sweating? Then...

Can’t find anyone to look at and appreciate all of those photos you took at the museum last week? Maybe you need to visit a zoo in Kentucky. The Louisville Zoo’s Jelani the gorilla will gladly look at all your photos and videos: Since arriving at the Louisville Zoo in 2002, he has become an international celebrity, after...

Most people use Google for Googling. I mean, when your name becomes a verb, I guess that’s to be expected. And when you go to Google.com, it’s not like they give you a ton of options: You can click on the Google Doodle to find out what it’s about. (You knew about that one. Right?!)...

Do you love museums? What’s your favorite thing about them? What do you like to find? If you’re like me, you’re always looking for weird stuff or things you’ve never seen before. This collection of museums is kind of like that, except that they consist of things most of us have seen before, and often...

Have you ever wondered how all those crazy noises and the creepy music in horror films gets made? Well, there are actually thousands of answers to that question that range from electronic banks of sounds to any number of custom-made instruments. I decided to focus on five instruments that cover both the range of history...

Back in 2002, Brian Banks was a star on Polytechnic High School’s football team in Long Beach, California. He was a Junior standout who had verbally committed to USC for the fall of 2004. This photo is from well before that time: But, those who know where this story went in the summer of 2002 also...

Are you a fan of The Goonies? If so, then perhaps you’re aware of the fact that “The Goondocks,” the house that sets the plot of the film in motion, is an actual house in Astoria, Oregon: In 2001, a fan of the film named Sandi Preston bought the house, which was in disrepair, and...

Have you got a secret that you want to tell somebody else, but you just can’t? These people at Reddit Confessions sure did. Here are 17 of the best I could dig up: 1. Not Cool, Dude. Sometimes when I’m drunk I pee on the faucet in the bathroom. So when someone else finishes washing...

What’s your deepest, darkest secret? Have you told anyone? Is the burden wearing you down? Maybe you need to visit the confessions page on Reddit and release yourself. I combed through there, and pulled 19 that stuck out. I’m not usually one to tease the ending, but I did save a crazy-ass one for last:...

Everybody has at least one good, deep, dark secret that they never tell anyone. There’s a section of Reddit specifically dedicated to letting people get that weight off of their chests by anonymously confessing, and here are 18 of my current faves: 1. Secret Lovers I’ve been dating 2 girls secretly for the past 2...