We here at Bored Panda want to help you up your game at the brainiac gatherings this holiday season, so, we've compiled yet another set of interesting facts to whip out during a trivia evening.

Most of us learned about nature and animals in school. But as we step outside the four walls of those classrooms, we realize ...

was also very different from the way it's often depicted in fictional media. Here are thirty weird (but true) facts about European life in the Medieval period.

True, interesting, offbeat details are often the main thing acquaintances remember after meeting someone new. Yet not all unusual proclivities are recalled as “fun facts"; some memorable details ...