With only a few weeks left in summer you still have plenty of time to make more trips to get ice cream. Today’s mystery… how did they come up with the cone shape of the ice cream cone?The first ice cream cone was first created back in 1896 by a man named Italo Machiony. His…
With back to school only a few weeks away we’re starting to see school busses back on the roads again. You might notice the long black lines on the side of the busses, those aren’t just for show. They actually serve an important purpose. The placement of the black lines on the outside of the bus…
If you haven’t heard yet today is Friday the 13th! Be careful out there… Today’s mystery… how many times does a Friday the 13th happen in one year?Each calendar year has at least one Friday the 13th in it, and at the most three of them. You would get three Friday the 13th days in a…
As we enter into this mini end of summer heat wave you’ve probably heard the term “Heat Index” a lot the last few days. But how do the weather services actually calculate it? They actually use a Heat index chart. All you need to find out what the heat index number will be is the…
You may have heard the myth before that you are physically taller in the morning than at night. This is actually true. But why? In the morning you are about 0.2 inches taller than at night. This is because the discs in your spine have been relaxed all night and able to spread out. Then…
You’ve probably said it to anyone walking out to perform on a stage… “break a leg!” But why are we wishing this awful harm as a form of good luck? Turns out the term has nothing to do with physical harm at all. It goes back to the old days of stage performing crossing the…
Another Olympic themed Mundane Mysteries for you! There have been a few brand new events added to this year’s Summer Olympics like skateboarding, surfing, and a few others. But I was wondering if there were any events they’ve gotten rid of over the years. There are, and there’s definitely a few I feel they should…
I started wondering this after seeing Xander Schauffele win gold for the U.S. in golf last week. Did his caddie get a medal too? He did not. But that made me wonder do any coaches in the Olympics get medals or ANYTHING? So Olympic coaches do not get official medals from the International Olympic Committee…
While watching all the swimming, diving, and water polo in the summer Olympics this past week you’ve probably wondered at some point “how much water does it take to fill that thing?” An Olympic pool has about 2.5 million liters of water. This is enough to fill up 8,200 bathtubs. That’s A LOT of bubble…