Category: Fun Facts

Even though there is more to schizophrenia than just hearing voices, it is certainly an integral part of the illness. However, studies have shown that the aspect surrounding voices could be more complex than we initially thought. It is believed by some experts that the voices and what they are effectively saying to the individual […]

Have you ever had the feeling that you have met an individual before and yet you are not quite sure when or how? Well, there are some people out there that have that particular feeling every single time they meet someone, but then they do have a rather rare issue known as Fregoli delusion. With […]

Who do you think is the most famous person in the United Kingdom? Well, the answer does depend on who you ask. When you check out the answers according to different age ranges then you do get a variety of answers that can, at times, be rather shocking. Take a survey conducted on children under […]

The psychological side of war can be tough, but then there are aspects within the United States army that focus on using psychology in order to gain the upper hand in battle. This has led to them trying all different kinds of tactics in places such as Afghanistan, but it is the way in which […]

When it comes to The Beatles, there are a whole host of iconic albums that covered their career, but perhaps one of their most famous was close to being named something completely different. It turns out that the band had this idea of creating an album called ‘Everest’ after the mountain, but they really did […]

The Geneva Convention lists everything that is considered to be a war crime. However, there are some items on the list that just seems to be rather strange, and you wonder why on earth it is thought to be a crime. For example, in a war it is illegal for you to pretend that you […]

Do you think that it would be possible for Chinese silk to be popular during the times of the Roman Empire? It does seem as if it would need to travel a huge distance and surely there were no trade routes that covered this huge part of the globe when you go back thousands of […]

Why do you think some people hate clowns? You will probably think that it is all connected to them having had a bad experience when they were a young child, and that is certainly the case for some, but it is not always the answer. Instead, it has been shown that it could be related […]

Do you believe that you could wear a t-shirt in Antarctica? It sounds as if it would be completely impossible, but it seems that this is not the case. OK, so we are not talking about you walking around outside in the ice and snow as that would be insane, but then we are also […]

Computers, and technology in general, is often seen as being rather complicated to fix when something goes wrong and you feel as if you require a degree in order to fix even the simplest of things. Well, it seems that it has not always been like that. If we go back in time to the […]