stackyFACTS
History

When people bought ordinary rocks as pets

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Decades ago, millions of sane individuals purchased completely ordinary rocks packaged in little carrying cases with breathing holes and instruction manuals.

When people bought ordinary rocks as pets
STACKY / History
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

History →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
When people spent weeks sitting on flagpoles
History

When people spent weeks sitting on flagpoles

Before smartphones, people had to get incredibly creative with their severe boredom. The roaring twenties saw citizens climbing up massive flagpoles and just…

Discover more
The marriage trial that lasted a year and a day
History

The marriage trial that lasted a year and a day

Before committing permanently, couples would tie their wrists together for exactly one year and a day, reserving the absolute right to just walk away if they…

Discover more
How sugar helped build empires and expand slavery
History

How sugar helped build empires and expand slavery

Sugar may sparkle in cakes and teas today, but its journey was anything but sweet. Once a rare luxury, it became fuel for empires—feeding cravings so strong…

Discover more
Newton and Hooke's bitter fight over gravity
History

Newton and Hooke's bitter fight over gravity

The scientific revolution was mostly just brilliant men acting like incredibly petty toddlers. Robert Hooke practically invented modern microscopy, but he…

Discover more
History

Fierce one-eyed warrior queen Kandake Amanirenas personally led an army of Nubian archers into Egypt to decapitate bronze statues of Emperor Augustus and bury his sculpted head…

Rome conquered almost everyone, but they absolutely met their match in a furious queen from the Kingdom of Kush. When the Roman Empire tried to tax Nubia in…

Discover more
The fake fish that fooled tourists with rabbit fur
History

The fake fish that fooled tourists with rabbit fur

If the water is too cold, the fish obviously grow a thick winter coat. Pranksters created bizarre taxidermy fish covered in white rabbit fur and convinced…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store