Random History Facts

To generate a set of random historical facts select how many you would like to see and hit the generate button.

The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia”.
The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. This means “ant eating with three fingers”.
Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.

What is this tool?

The history of humankind is littered with amazing events that have been written down for future generations to learn about.

As a fun way to explore just some of these historical facts, I created this random generator containing 155 facts through different periods in time.