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Halfway to Hell Club

When building the Golden Gate Bridge, the lead structural engineer insisted on the installation of a safety net even though its $130,0...
Chess and Atoms - "The Shannon Number"

There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. The Shannon number, named after Cla...
"Lights Out" Manufacturing

There is a factory in Japan which can run unsupervised for 30 days at a time. Robots build other robots at the rate of 50 per 24-ho...
Eye Muscles

The muscles that control your eyes contract about 100.000 times a day. That's the equivalentof giving your legs a workout by walki...
Vampire Bats

Vampire bats will die if they can't find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate b...
Vacancy Chain

When one hermit crab finds a bigger shell, a gang of them will sometimes form a "vacancy chain" in which they queue up fro...
Parrot and Rabbit

Parrot and Rabbit are only two creatures in this world that can see behind without turning their heads. Animals which have a very wid...
The Names of Syphilis

Syphilis had a variety of names, usually people naming it after an enemy or a country they thought responsible for it. The French cal...
The Largest Bat In The World

The largest bat species is the Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), a rare fruit bat and endangered species that is part...
Cleaning The School

Japanese students take their shoes off to keep the school clean. The reasons and significance for this have to do with teaching studen...