Random Fact Generator

What the random fact generator does

It serves up one fun fact at a time from a collection we wrote ourselves. Every fact comes with a link to a reliable source, so you never have to take our word for it.

Facts are sorted into eight categories: animals, space, the human body, history, food, geography, science and language. Stick to one topic or browse them all, one card at a time or as a list.

We favor sources such as museums, universities, science agencies and well-known reference works, and a fact only appears once it has been checked against its source.

How to use it

1. Pick a category such as animals, space or history – or leave them all on for a mix.
2. Press Next (or the Space bar) for a new fact.
3. Follow the source link under the fact to read more about it.
4. Copy the fact to share it in a message, a lesson plan or a quiz.
5. Switch to list view to read a batch of facts at once.

Ways to use fun facts

Classroom openers

Start a lesson with a fact from the subject you're teaching – space for science, history for social studies, language for English. It wakes up the room and often sparks the first question of the day.

Trivia nights and quizzes

Turn facts into questions. "True or false?" works with almost any fact, and the source link lets you settle any arguments.

Conversation starters

A good fact gets people talking at the dinner table, on a long drive or at the start of a meeting. Food and animal facts are crowd-pleasers.

Newsletters and posts

Add a "fact of the week" to a school newsletter, a team update or your social media. Credit the source when you share.

A learn-something-new habit

Read one random fact with your morning coffee. Over a year, that's hundreds of small things you didn't know before.

Writing inspiration

A strange fact about an animal, a place or a moment in history can be the seed of a story. Pair it with our writing prompts.

Tips

• Check the source before you share, especially when a fact includes numbers or dates.
• Pick categories for your audience. Kids tend to love animals and the human body; history and language suit quiz nights.
• Make it a game. Read the first half of a fact and let others guess the ending.
• Want questions instead of answers? Try the random question generator or would you rather questions.
• Love unusual words? The weird words generator is full of them.
• Save the best ones. Copy facts you want to remember into a notes file, and you'll soon have your own quiz bank.