Why should we appreciate our nervous system? Read these 11 fun facts and you’ll know why: 1. The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons).

Below are 14 facts about Pompeii. Pompeii is situated about 14 miles southeast of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. The settlement was built on fertile lava terraces at the bottom ...

Greenland is the world’s largest island, but it’s not as big the Mercator map would have us believe. The widely reproduced map, created in 1569, suggests Greenland is roughly the same size as ...

Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is a stone-cold classic, even thirty years past its release. But classic or not, some of its depictions of dinosaurs have turned out to not be entirely ...

Spain’s dazzling capital is filled with intriguing stories and hidden secrets. These interesting facts about Madrid will definitely surprise you! Madrid is a wonderful, and often overlooked city.

From wonders of the world and royal resting places to tales of crusaders, these fascinating facts about Petra will amaze you. Deep in the Jordanian desert, the ancient stone city of Petra has a ...

Take note, however, that the animal depicted by the artist in this remake is not a velociraptor. "They're an oversized Deinonychus Antirrhopus," writes CoolioArt under their video on YouTube ...

Learn all about those twinkling stars in these facts... Stars are amazing and full of surprises! They’re more than just dots of light in the night sky, they tell us stories about the universe. Here ...

Mark your calendars—President’s Day is coming up on Feb. 17, the perfect time to dive into some truly fascinating and downright interesting facts about presidents! Sure, we learn about U.S ...