I recently started a thread in the main forum to deliver fun and interesting non-science-based facts about everything and anything. Rather than continuing that thread, I've decided to put all those facts into one spot. Feel free to contribute to that thread original thread if you want your fact officially published here!

A White rhino weighing 2 tons can run faster than Usain Bolt!

The RYNO is a cross between a segway, unicycle, and a scooter.

An enormous tomb has been unearthed in northern Greece, guarded by two beautifully preserved female figures. It’s been dated to the time of Alexander the Great.

Botanically, apples, peaches, grapes, and tomatoes are all fruits. But don’t try telling that to the U.S. Supreme Court. Per the 1893 case Nix v. Hedden, the court decided that tomatoes were veggies and therefore subject to the vegetable tariff. The Supreme Court’s reasoning? Tomatoes have to be vegetables because they’re usually served with dinner, not dessert.

How did doctors figure out if women were pregnant back in the day? They used frogs, of course! Before the 1960's, the only reliable pregnancy test involved injecting a woman's urine into an African clawed frog and seeing if the frog spawned.

This peculiar method, known as the 'frog pregnancy test,' may sound bizarre today, but it was a common practice in the early to mid-20th century. The African clawed frog, a species native to sub-Saharan Africa, was preferred for this test because of its unique reproductive system.

If a woman was pregnant, her urine would contain hormones that would induce the frog to lay eggs, confirming the pregnancy. While this method may seem unusual by modern standards, it was an early example of using biological indi ...

The Black Rain Frog (Breviceps fuscus) is native to South Africa and permanently looks grumpy.

Seahorse and scorpion skewers are sold on the streets of Japan as popular food items. I wonder what they taste like...