The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning a circle of learning

The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning a circle of learning

If you are a ‘scoptophobic’ you have an intense fear of being seen

60% of South Korean families use professionals to find a name for their babies

A situation in which every choice you can make will be bad is called a zugzwang

Dolphins have names for each other and can call out for each other specifically

Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth

Ostriches can run faster than horses and the male ostriches can roar like lions

The word gorilla comes from a Greek word gorillai meaning a tribe of hairy women

Hummingbirds are so agile and have such good control that they can fly backwards

Poliosis is the graying of the hair It comes from polios the Greek word for gray

At birth a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces (0 113 kg)

Santa s Reindeers are Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner and Blitzen

The most used Alphabet A doesn t appear in the spellings of digits from 1 to 999

The mouth of a blue whale is so massive it can hold its own body weight in wate