Category: Interesting Facts

Hello fellow space lover, today we are continuing the educational journey through the solar system. The last planet we did was Venus (https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2021/11/14/interesting-facts-about-venus/), so naturally our next destination is Earth. Days get longer by 1.7 milliseconds every century because the moon is slowing down the Earth’s rotation. The average...

We all have our own interests whether it is playing games, reading or killing your housemaids and bathing in their blood. Most of us cannot relate to the last one but Countess Elizabeth Bathory certainly did. Due to her unique interests, she is considered one of the most famous...

Behind every post there is a black and white cat trying to sit on my keyboard, purring away as he sabotages me. This got me thinking how and why do cats purr? Well, I did the research and here is what I found. How do cats purr? Purring is...

Welcome back to our fellow space lovers as we continue to go on an educational journey through the solar system. The last post in this series was Mercury (read: https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2021/06/25/interesting-facts-mercury/), so naturally the next is Venus. Venus is the brightest planet in our solar system and the second brightest...

Dun dun dun-dun (Space Odyssey Theme song), hello fellow space lovers today we will be exploring the planet closest to the sun, Mercury. We hope you find these facts interesting and feel free to share anymore facts that you may know. Mercury is the smallest planet (Sorry Pluto but...

Welcome back fellow Space Lovers, today we come in peace with an offering of some interesting facts about the Sun. We hope you enjoy! The radius of the sun is 696 340 km long. About one million Earths could fit inside the Earth. The Sun is estimated to be...

After a stressful day, we all like to just lay down on the couch and watch some Netflix. So we decided to do some research and share some facts about the platform. The founders of Netflix is Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Netflix was first founded in August 1997....

Welcome back to all the space lovers alike, we have more facts but this time it is about stars. Don’t forget to check out our other post on space facts and Rover facts. ~Stay Curious~...

Due to our first post on space facts (https://curiositykilledthecat.co.za/2020/07/31/space-facts/ ) doing well and how you all seemed to enjoy it as much as we did making it, we bring you more space facts but focused on space rovers. We hope you enjoy! The curiosity rover is 2.1 metres or...

Dog Facts: There are wild and domestic dogs however they all form under the canine family, which have 36 different types of species including foxes and jackals. The smallest wild dog is a fennel fox,that are the size of an average domestic cat. The largest wild dog is the...