Weird Facts

The master of suspense, who terrified audiences with movies like Psycho and The Birds, considered himself an ovophobe—someone frightened of eggs.

nald's drive-thru was installed in a restaurant based in Sierra Vista, Arizona, located near the Fort Huachuca military installation. Military rules forbade the soldiers from wearing their military unif

must eat about 30 pounds of the stuff each day to get enough nutrients—defecating about four-fifths of what they eat.

ussia, the largest padlock in the world (according to Guinness World Records) measures 56.8 inches tall, 41.3 inches wide, and 10.2 inches deep. Altogether this hefty lock, including key, weighs 916

om house to house via a horse-drawn carriage. Its giant hoses were popped through the windows of customers, and a gas-powered

own to be one of the smartest animals on the planet—possibly because they can conserve their brain power. Since they must always be on the lookout for predators, the marine mammals have d

cials, the coffee break was "born" in the city in the late 1800s, as women working at the local Gunderson To***co Warehouse began the ritual of pausing during the workday to brew up some

" may sound like some sort of translation of a meaningful term, but in fact, it was the result of a typo. Researchers reportedly first found these primates in the town of Bolobo, Zaire, in the '20

ho romanticize a burial at sea, the company Eternal Reefs offers an innovative solution. It mixes the cremated remains of a person with concrete to create a "pearl" onto which loved o