Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings. He lived in one city and worked in the other. He is the only person officially recognized to have survived both attacks. He passed away in 2010 at the age of 93.

An Alabama man named Bill Wilson was convicted of murdering his wife and child, despite no bodies being found. He was later pardoned when his wife reappeared—she had simply left him and remarried another man.

In the 19th century, three women known as the Brontë sisters wrote under male pen names, each adopting the surname Bell. Their pseudonyms were Currer, Ellis, and Acton. They independently produced famous works such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and others.

The Wordle word that broke the record 5.6 million streaks in 2024 was “Corer.”

Before becoming famous, Bill Nye once entered a Steve Martin lookalike contest. He didn’t win.

Japan recently set a new internet speed record of 1.02 petabits per second.

Touching a baby bird will not cause its mother to reject it. Birds can’t smell very well anyway.