The definition of small but mighty, mantis shrimps can throw punches up to 50mph — enough to break through their glass tanks.

You can't afford to stop learning new things, so why not keep it up with this listicle of "Today I Learned" facts.

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Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. A scholar and ...

Fun fact: US president George Washington would never have known the above. He died in 1799, decades before paleontologist Richard Owen first coined the term "dinosaur" in 1842. Related: If You Lived ...

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the term for being afraid of long words. It’s an obvious joke at the sufferer’s ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...

Horses have been around humans for thousands of years, yet they manage to surprise people who claim to know them. They sometimes exhibit odd quirks and social habits that sound strange for this ...

You could say that anything flying in our air space that is unidentified is strange — to say the least. Whatever we don’t understand raises a lot of speculation. That being said, there are some ...