Other Fun Facts Websites and Shows
Stuff You Should Know – Podcast
Stuff You Should Know is an absolute treasure trove of useless but entertaining information. Josh and Chuck have been doing these podcasts for over a decade and have covered every kind of subject you can imagine, from Hang Gliding to Human Zoos, so there’s plenty to keep you going! Here’s a complete list of episodes of Stuff you Should Know They have also written an entertaining book: Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things
The Unbelievable Truth
A BBC Radio show where comedians attempt to hide unbelievable facts from the panel. (BBC Sounds only available to those in the UK, although most episodes can be found on the Internet Archive)
National Geographic
An interesting publication by the National Geographic Society. The magazine has been going since 1888, the same year that the society itself was founded. The website and magazine has all sorts of interesting facts about geography, science, history, and world culture.
Q.I. (Quite Interesting)
A BBC comedy panel quiz with impossible questions and points for being interesting. Each series looks at a different letter of the alphabet.
The Space Place – NASA
The official children’s educational site of NASA. It is child-friendly but still has loads of fascinating facts about planets, stars, black holes, comets. The website has interactive games, videos and easy-to-understand diagrams.